A son of Seth Alden Abbey and brother of Henry Gilbert and Frances (all below), Edwin was a Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins. According to the author of the book containing this image, he was born in Watertown, NY in 1823, he moved with his parents in the 1830s to Cleveland but died in Corvallis, OR after an exciting life in the Army and the Wild West. (This would all have to be verified if you try to join the Mayflower Society as his descendant.) Because of his peregrinations any VRs may be difficult to obtain if you are one of his descendants. He married Miranda Pentland of KY but living in OR in 1852. The book reports 6 children and at least 2 grandchildren and notes that he and at least one child remained in Oregon. See his father's writeup for details of the lineage. Image and info from Abbe & Nichols, Abbe-Abbey Genealogy (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse, Taylor, 1916), p. 301. Digitized by the Boston Public Library.

ABBEY, FRANCES MARIA

Daughter of Seth (below), sister of Edwin (above) and Henry Gilbert (below), and mother of Alden Freeman (below), Frances was a Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins. Obviously the image to your left was not a photograph; it was a sculpture of her from the side. If anyone has an actual full-front headshot they could direct me to (in the public domain) I would add it. Frances was born in Cleveland in 1840. She reportedly married Joel Francis Freeman of NY in 1860, in Cleveland, so her death record and census records would be under "Francis Freeman." The book also states that her husband was treasurer of Standard Oil Co. and died in NJ. He should have left a good paper trail, including news articles (check the finance sections.) The book also mentions that he was a member of the St. Nicholas Society, which is a lineage group for people with NY Dutch ancestors. If by chance you are researching his line there may be lineage papers on him there AND on his wife because their son Alden Freeman (below) was supposed to have been a member of many similar groups, i.e. a genealogy enthusiast. See Seth's writeup for details on the lineage. Image and info from Abbe & Nichols, Abbe-Abbey Genealogy (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse, Taylor, 1916), p. 302. Digitized by the Boston Public Library.

ABBEY, HENRY

Son of Henry Gilbert Abbey, grandson of Seth Alden Abbey (both below), and nephew of Frances Maria Abbey and Edwin Alden Abbey (both above), Henry (b. Cleveland 1862) was a Gen. 10/11 Alden-Mullins. See Seth Alden Abbey's writeup for the line through Amos Alden (b. CT 1745.) pp. 300-01. If you are looking for descendants more recent than Henry you will need to look all over because they lived in NY, AZ, MD, and England. Image and info from Abbe & Nichols, Abbe-Abbey Genealogy (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse, Taylor, 1916), p. 300. Digitized by the Boston Public Library.

ABBEY, HENRY Jr.

Son of Henry Abbey, above, grandson of Henry Gilbert Abbey, and great-grandson of Seth Alden Abbey (both below), 2d Lt. Henry (b. Lockport, NY 1887) was a Gen. 11/12 Alden-Mullins. Given that he makes the 4th generation in a row in this family, I will spell out the lineage from Henry, Jr. working back: Henry Abbey, Henry Gilbert Abbey, Seth Alden Abbey, Hannah (Alden) Abbey, Amos Alden, Jonathan, Eleazer, Joseph, Joseph, Pilgrim couple John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. According to the author of this book, presumably based on info sent him by Lt. Abbey's family, he was in the 10th U.S. Cavalry, stationed at Tucson, AZ, and engaged in battle with Pancho Villa in Mexico in 1916. Fold3.com apparently does not have records on that era in American military history but it does have Henry, Jr.'s Old Man's Draft card from WW2, when he was in his mid 50s, married, and living in VA. It confirms his dob and birthplace and describes him as 5'5", 120 lbs, with gray hair, blue eyes, and a ruddy complexion. Remember, being written up in a book like this is not sufficient proof for a lineage society, especially the Mayflower Society. However, it gives you places to look for vital records. In NY, those are at the city/town or state level only. Image and info from Abbe & Nichols, Abbe-Abbey Genealogy (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse, Taylor, 1916), p. 300-01. Digitized by the Boston Public Library.

ABBEY, HENRY GILBERT

Brother of Frances and Edwin, above, and son of Seth, below, Henry Gilbert Abbey was a Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins descendant. He was born in Watertown, NY in 1821, moved to Cleveland as a boy, and died there in 1887, according to the author of the book from which this photo comes. As an attorney Henry was likely to have left a very good paper trail. Like brother Edwin he went west, but as a '49er in the Gold Rush, and was later an assistant to Mr. Case of the noted Case Western Reserve (university) in Ohio. He married and left descendants who are noted in this book. Henry should be easy to document but remember to look in California for his 1850 FC entry - or look in California AND Ohio. Double enumeration did happen, due to having two residences or different places being tallied on different days. For Henry's lineage, see Seth's entry below. Image and info from Abbe & Nichols, Abbe-Abbey Genealogy (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse, Taylor, 1916), p. 300. Digitized by the Boston Public Library.

ABBEY, SETH ALDEN

Seth was a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins I ran across while searching for someone else, also a newspaper publisher and a Civil War veteran but not from Connecticut. Seth, named apparently for his mother's brother, was the son of Peter Abbey and Hannah Alden, originally of Connecticut but living in NY when Seth was born. As a Gen. 8/9 descendant he is not in a Silver Book and as a New Yorker he would not be easy to find on the NEHGS. This writeup previously advised the reader to head for the Alden Kindred web site but their database is no longer searchable online. You can contact them and ask them to search; possibly there is a charge for this. Seth's line runs: Hannah (Alden) Abbey, Amos Alden, Jonathan, Eleazer, Joseph, Joseph, John and Priscilla of the Mayflower. His father's picture (no beard) is in the book and I think Seth takes after Peter; maybe a little thinner. What do you think? Image and some info from Abbe & Nichols, Abbe-Abbey Genealogy (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse, Taylor, 1916), p. 189. Digitized by the Boston Public Library.

ADAMS, ENOCH GEORGE​See his younger sister, Mary Abigail Adams, below, for this Gen 8/9 Alden-Mullins lineage. Like his sister and a brother, John, who died in KS age 31, Major Enoch George Adams (b 1829 NH) was also a writer, plus a soldier, editor, and publisher, living and working in the Dakotas and Oregon. There may be other photos of him among The Adams Family Papers at the University of New Hampshire Library, which has some records and correspondence from him and his sister, and there may be a Civil War photo of him somewhere. According to the author of the book with this photo, he was in Co D, 2d NH Inf., where he acquired the "Maj.," and later fought Sitting Bull. Maybe he's in an 1865 photo with him. Image & info from from Andrew N. Adams, A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and his Descendants; also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897 (Rutland: Tuttle, 1898), pp. 394, 398, 405, 417, 442 digitized by Columbia University. See Mary Abigail's writeup for a cautionary note about this source.

Adams, Henry Brooks

A well known writer and historian, Henry Adams was born in 1838 and attended Harvard University, where this photo was taken in 1858. A Generation 8/9 descendant of the Alden-Mullins family, he was also a Generation 9 descendant of Elizabeth Tilley and John Howland via his mother, Abigail (Brooks) Adams. His Alden-Mullins line runs: Charles Francis Adams, John Quincy, John, John, Hannah (Bass) Adams, Ruth (Alden) Bass, Pilgrims John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. See his Howland-Tilley writeup for that line. Image courtesy the National Park Service.

Adams, John

Second president of the United States, John Adams was a Massachusetts farmer and lawyer, and a Gen 5/6 Alden-Mullins descendant. Since this entry was originally written (2012), the GSMD has published vol. 4 of the Alden silver books, so John now has his own writeup. The birth of son John Quincy Adams (below) is also in it. Beginning with his father, John's line runs: John Adams, Hannah (Bass) Adams, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. This painting was made by John Singleton Copley circa 1784, when Adams was about 49. Although it was clearly intended to convey a specific image of Adams as a man, a diplomat, and an American, it was made in middle age, rather than as an elderly man, and was said to have been a very good likeness. He was also great-grandfather of Henry Adams, below. Image courtesy the National Park Service.

Adams, John Quincy

John Quincy Adams was a Generation 6/7 Alden-Mullins descendant through his father and grandfather, both named John Adams. His birth and marriage to Louisa Catherine Johnson are documented in the 2015 GSMD publication, Part 4 of Mayflower Families through Five Generations Vol. 6 (Alden), aka "the Silver Books." Better known for his political career, which included a term as president of the United States, as a young man he accompanied his father on diplomatic missions in Europe in support of the American Revolution. This portrait was made by John Singleton Copley in 1796 when Adams was 29. He lived into the age of photography, but appears in those images as en elderly bald man. See his father's writeup for the lineage. He is the grandfather of Henry Adams, above. Image courtesy the National Park Service.

ADAMS, MARY ABIGAIL

Said to have been a poet and magazine writer in her day, if you are looking for her try her married name, "Senter." She has a findagrave writeup with the same photo and a picture of only part of the "family obelisk" with her name, her husband's and a few children. The Adams Family Papers at the University of New Hampshire Library contains seven folders of her writing and correspondence, plus documents from her brother Enoch, above. Mary Abigail Senter (b 1835 NH) was a Gen 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant as follows: Rev. John Adams, John, Joseph, Joseph, Hannah (Bass) Adams, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. The silver book series on this family will get you to the birth (1759) and marriage of grandparents John Adams & Abigail Coleman. Image and some info from Andrew N. Adams, A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and his Descendants; also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897 (Rutland: Tuttle, 1898), pp. 394, 398, 405, 417, 442, 444 digitized by Columbia University. The silver book editorial team noted errors and I also found some while researching a different Adams family, so use with caution.

Adams, Peter Chardon Brooks

Known as Brooks Adams, he was a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant through his paternal line but via his mother Abigail Brown (Brooks) Adams he was a descendant of pilgrims John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley through daughter Desire (Howland) Gorham, thus Generation 10 from pilgrims John and Joan Tilley, 9 from John Howland. This photo was taken in 1910, when he was 62. Brooks was the brother of Henry above, grandson of John Quincy Adams, above, and great-grandson of John Adams, a Generation 5/6 Alden-Mullins descendant. His line would likewise run: Charles Francis Adams, John Quincy, John, John, Hannah (Bass) Adams, Ruth (Alden) Bass, Pilgrims John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. See Henry's writeup for their lineage. Image reprinted here courtesy of the National Park Service.

ALDEN, ALBERT

The book with this photo had just one factoid about Albert, that he was born in 1817. The other statement, that he was 7 gen from John Alden is not a factoid, but a mistakoid, as far as I can determine. His Mason card on the NEHGS gave his death date & place and the death record revealed him to have been born in Jay, ME and his parents to be Otis & Harriet Adams. Harriet was from ME but Otis was from SE MA. It looks like they are the couple who died in 1835 & 1837, respectively, both in their 30s. There was a birth record for an Otis born to a Daniel (miraculously, no mother was involved.) A probate record showed what I believe to be the same Otis and siblings left to a Samuel Jr. who was likely their uncle. Father Daniel had also died young. All this makes Albert a Gen 8/9 Alden-Mullins (and a Rogers) as follows: Otis Alden, Daniel, Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Joseph, John Alden & Priscilla Mullns of the Mayflower. See the Rogers section for that lineage. Image and birth year from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 294, digitized by the Library of Congress.

ALDEN, ALONZO

Update to this listing: I still have not found the specific Alden line of Brig. Gen. Alden of Essex Co., NY but have unearthed the fact that he was also a Brewster & Hopkins via his mother. The history of Westport, Essex Co, NY mentioned his family because they were proud of Alonzo earning a brevet appointment as a brigadier well before he turned 30 but stated that his father was Isaac Alden, a descendant of pilgrim John Alden and his mother was Hannah (---) "first white child born in the vicinity of Montpelier, VT." Several federal and state censuses show Isaac and various family members, including Alonzo, however, I could not find any parents for Isaac, b. MA 1788-9, husband of Hannah (---), b. Vt 1791-1800 on the NEHGS site, Alden Kindred, fold3.com, or anywhere else I looked. A second book on Rensselaer Co gave more detail, specifically Hannah's surname: Snow. Using that on the NEHGS turned up Hannah's lineage, so see Alonzo's Brewster & Hopkins write-ups for more detail. Initial info on Isaac & Alonzo in Caroline Halstead Royce, Bessboro: A History of Westport, Essex Co., NY (1902) and image from fold3.com's New York State Military Museum Photos Civil War - Vietnam War database. Image on right & some additional info from Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester, History of Rensselaer Co., New York, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1880), digitized by the New York Public Libraries, pp. 106-109.

ALDEN, CHARLES L.

Charles was a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins and a Generation 9 Rogers, thanks to his great grandfather Samuel Alden's marriage to Hannah Williams, a Rogers descendant. (See the Rogers writeup for that line.) Charles shared a family photo (naming wife and children) with the publisher of this book and the author gave his middle initial and residence so he was not hard to find on the NEHGS site and in the 1900 federal census (where he was enumerated with his father in the household, also helpful.) His great grandfather is in the Alden silver book and the line runs, upstream from Charles: Isaac Alden, Seth, Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Joseph, John & Priscilla of the Mayflower. The photo to the left was cropped from the family photo, which I will insert below. Image from Augustus Ephraim Alden, Pilgrim Alden (Boston: James H. Earle, 1902), p. 189, scanned by me.

A physician and bibliophile, Dr. Ebenezer Alden got a lengthy writeup in the book from which this image was taken and it included a genealogy that helpfully noted his mother was also an Alden-Mullins descendant. Their marriage is in the Alden silver book, Part 4 as part of his mother Sarah Bass's writeup. His father, also an Ebenezer Alden, is in Part 3 but the marriage is not noted there. Here are Dr. Ebenezer's two Gen 7 Alden-Mullins lines: Sarah (Bass) Alden, Jonathan Bass, Samuel, Samuel, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins (plus her father William Mullins) and secondly, Ebenezer Alden, Daniel, Daniel, Joseph, Joseph, John & Priscilla. Image & info from D. Hamilton Hurd, History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of its Pioneers and Prominent Men (Philadelphia: Lewis, 1884), pp. 208-15, digitized by the Library of Congress.

ALDEN, EDMUND KIMBALL

This Generation 8/9 and 9/10 double Alden-Mullins descendant was born in Randolph, MA 1825 to medical doctor Ebenezer Alden, Jr., originally of Stafford, CT, and his wife Annie Kimball. Ebenezer was the son of another Ebenezer Alden, also a doctor, and he is in the Alden silver book, Part 3. Edmund was a Congregational minister, ordained in 1850, who served in ME & MA. He died in Boston in 1896. His 1st line runs: Ebenezer Alden, Jr., Ebenezer, Daniel, Daniel, Joseph, Joseph, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. The second line runs: Ebenezer Alden, Jr., Ebenezer, Sarah (Bass) Alden, Jonathan Bass, Samuel, Samuel, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John & Priscilla. That line links with the Adams family written about on this page. Maybe that is where the baldness gene comes from. Supporting evidence for the lines was found on the NEHGS site among journal articles and vital records. See particularly the NEHGR 35: 309-318, an 1881 elegy entitled "Daniel Alden." The subject was Edmund's father. This image comes from Augustus Ephraim Alden, Pilgrim Alden (Boston: James H. Earle, 1902), p. 189, scanned by me.

ALDEN, EVELYN F.

The "F." may stand for "Frances" since her mother's name was "E. Frances" (E for Ella.) Evelyn was the older half sister of Margery, below, and also a Cooke as well as an Alden-Mullins descendant. See Margery's writeup for the Gen. 12 lineage. Evelyn was born in 1891 in Brockton, MA, and was the child of their father's first marriage. A look at the mother's parents and grandparents revealed no obvious additional Mayflower lines but you are welcome to continue the hunt. See the Cooke section for that lineage. This photo was also taken from a Brockton High School yearbook on the shelf at the town library, and scanned by me.

ALDEN, GEORGE CHANDLER

Twice a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant, George was the son of Cyrus Alden and second wife Lura Flagg. His first line runs: Cyrus Alden, John, David, Eleazer, Joseph, Joseph, John Alden & Priscilla Mullns and the second is: Cyrus Alden, John, Lucy/Lucia (Thomas) Alden, Mary (Alden) Thomas, John, Joseph, John & Priscilla. George was born in Ashfield, MA and studied law, which he practiced in Buffalo, NY and Annawan, IL. There may be a photo of him from his Civil War service with the 112th Illinois Volunteers. Please contact the webmaster if this is available through the public domain. Late in life George moved to Colorado, where he died in Bristol, CO 1888. He left one child, William Cyrus Alden. The lineage above came from the Alden Kindred web site, confirmed through the birth of his grandfather in the Alden silver book, which revealed that his great grandmother was also an Alden. Image and additional data from Charles Alcott Flagg, The Descendants of Eleazer Flagg and His Wife Huldah Chandler of Grafton (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1903), p. 96, digitized by the Library of Congress.

Alden, James Jr.

James Alden, Jr. (1810-1877) was a Generation 6/7 Alden/Mullins descendant. Born in Portland, ME, he was son of James Alden, housewright, and grandson of David Alden (Benjamin, David, John), Maine yeoman and mariner. The family's many real estate and legal wranglings left an excellent paper trail that can be seen in the Alden silver book, part 1. James finished a long and adventurous maritime surveying career in the U.S. Navy as a rear admiral. He served in the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Lt. Charles Wilkes, a circumnavigational voyage after that, the Mexican-American War (1846), US-Canadian border skirmishes with the British Navy in the Pacific Northwest, and the Civil War. Thus there should be a lot more public domain photos out there and these would be appreciated. Image #theb3382 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

ALDEN, MARGERY AMES

This photo was taken around 1912-1913 and appears in a Brockton High School yearbook on the shelf at the Brockton Library in their downtown, around the corner from my Irish great-great grandparents' home. Margery was listed as "Class Essayist" and from the family write-ups in the silver books she appears to have come from a long line of literate Aldens active in their communities. She is also a Francis Cooke descendant. Her Gen 10/11 line runs: George W. Alden, George L., Philander, Andrew, David Jr., David, John, Joseph, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. See her Cooke writeup for that line. There are vital records on the NEHGS for her 1895 birth and everyone on back to the silver books. Her Aldens were longtime Middleboro residents. A quick look at her other ancestors did not turn up another Mayflower line but don't be surprised if there is one or more to be uncovered. Image scanned by me.

ALDEN, PRISCILLA MULLINS

Sorry for the tiny, blurry picture. This is trimmed from a larger image I will post in the "Mystery/Fun Photos" section along with one of the 1903 Alden family reunion. Based on the vital records on the NEHGS and on the Alden silver book Part 3, this Priscilla was from the family that owned the Alden House in Duxbury back in the early 1900s, thus her pose in front of the building, probably at the same reunion. Her line appears to run: John W. Alden, John 2d/Jr, John, Judah, Briggs, John, Jonathan, John Alden & Co. The book from which this very blurry scan was made says that she was Gen. 9 and this works out to be the case if I picked the correct great-grandfather. I believe the Gen 6 John in the book is he because the other John in Duxbury of that era was 10-15 years older and married someone different. John 2d/Jr married a Mary Brewster, daughter of Daniel & Polly, and Judah's wife Welthea Wadsworth was a double Alden and a Warren. I will leave that for another day. Image and some info from Charles H. Ayers, Ancestors of Silas Ayers and Mary Byram Ayers, including the Alden, Ayers, and Byram Families (Detroit: author, 1905), n.p., digitized by the Library of Congress.

Babbitt, Adeline Lavinia

Adeline (Babbitt) Browne (1815-1888), daughter of Jael Edson (below) and Dr. Snell Babbitt of Massachusetts, and sister of Nathan Snell Babbitt, below, was a Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins and Howland-Tilley descendant, and a Gen 7 Soule and Doty descendant on her mother's side, as detailed in the relevant GSMD Silver and Pink Books. Image from William Bradford Browne, comp., The Babbitt Family History 1643-1900 (Taunton: C. A. Hack & Son, 1912), p. 344, scanned at the Library of Congress.

Babbitt, Nathan Snell

Dr. Nathan S. Babbitt (1812-1889), son of Jael Edson (below) and Dr. Snell Babbitt of Massachusetts, and brother of Adeline Lavinia (Babbitt) Browne, above, was a Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins and Howland-Tilley descendant, and a Gen 7 Soule and Doty descendant on his mother's side, as detailed in the relevant GSMD Silver and Pink Books. Image from William Bradford Browne, comp., The Babbitt Family History 1643-1900 (Taunton: C. A. Hack & Son, 1912), p. 344, scanned at the Library of Congress.

BAILEY, HOLLIS RUSSELL

An attorney from North Andover, MA (b 1852), he was also president of the Bailey-Bayley Family Association and quite a genealogical enthusiast so he must have known he was an Alden descendant and was the one who provided that info to the biographer for this book about lawyers. His maternal grandfather was named "Alden Loring" and his mother was the granddaughter of an Alethea Alden and was born in Duxbury, plus her middle name was Alden. That said, his writeup talks about all his other ancestors and mentions John Alden as an aside at the end. His Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins line runs: Lucinda Alden (Loring) Bailey, Alden Loring, Alethea (Alden) Loring, Samuel Alden, David, John & Priscilla of the Mayflower. Image & info from Conrad Reno, Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century, with a History of the Judicial System of New England, Vol. I (Boston: Century Memorial, 1900), pp. 285-6, Boston Public Library. The image on the right looks a little older, and is from a compiled edition of Bailey-Bayley publications. The term of office was said to be 1895-96. It is from the Account of the Ninth Gathering of the Bailey-Bayley Family Association (Lawrence, MA: American-Sun, 1902), p. 30, digitized by the Allen Co (IN) Public Library.

BARSTOW, ELIJAH, JR.

A Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins descendant, Elijah Jr. was born 1805, probably at Hanover Four Corners, Plymouth County, MA, where his family had been involved in shipbuilding for several generations. He is a nephew of Samuel Eells and Michael Ford, Jr./2d and a cousin of Robert L. Ells (not Eells) on this page. Samuel, Michael, Elijah Sr., and Robert's father Edward are all in the Alden silver book, vol. 4. Elijah's line runs: Lucy (Eells) Barstow, Ruth (Copeland) Eells, Joseph Copeland, Mary (Bass) (Webb) Copeland, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. Image and info from L. Vernon Briggs, History of Shipbuilding on North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, with Genealogies of the Shipbuilders, and Accounts of the Industries Upon its Tributaries, 1640 to 1872 (Boston: Coburn, 1889), pp. 98, 100, 109, digitized by the Library of Congress.

BARTLETT, HENRY

Henry (b. Plymouth 1858) is a distant cousin of John, below, and like him is an Alden-Mullins and Brewster as well as a Warren (three times.) His Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins line runs as follows: Abner Bartlett, Anna (Bartlett) Bartlett, Deacon Abner, Silvanus, Elizabeth (Bartlett) Bartlett, Hannah (Pabodie) Bartlett, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. The Silver Book gets only as far as Silvanus's marriage to Martha Waite. See Henry's Warren and Brewster writeups for those lines. Image from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), p. 265, digitized by the Library of Congress.

Bartlett, John

Author of "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," John Bartlett graduated from Harvard with an M.A. and began a career in publishing. In addition to being a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant he was also a Generation 9 descendant of Richard Warren and the Brewsters. His lineage is tracked as far as his great-grandfather, Samuel Bartlett in the Warren silver book, and to his grandfather, Joseph Bartlett in the Alden silver book, Part 2. All of his Mayflower connections are on his paternal side and via three marriages by Bartletts to female descendants of the Pilgrims named above. Image and info from Charles Edwin Hurd, The New England Library of Genealogy and Personal History (Boston: New England Historical Publishing Co., 1902), pp. 110-112, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

BASSETT, RUFUS W.

Businessman Rufus Bassett was a Generation 9/10 Alden-Mullins, Gen 9 Standish, Gen 8 Samson, and 9 Warren. (See those writeups for details.) The Samson silver book, Part 2, gets all the way to the birth of his father, Charles Jarvis Holmes Bassett, and if you happen to start with that book you will learn that Abraham Samson of Gen 4 married Penelope Samson, who was a descendant of Henry but he was not, thus Rufus was not a double Samson descendant. Rufus's Alden line runs as follows: Charles Jarvis Holmes Bassett, Rosalinda (Holmes) Bassett, Abraham Holmes, Hannah (Samson) Holmes, Abraham Samson, Lora/Lorah (Standish) Samson, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. The 2016 Alden Part 5 silver book will get you to the marriage of Abraham Holmes to Bethiah Nye, a Warren descendant then states that they had children, no names. Image and info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 319, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

BLAKE, HARRISON

Twice a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant, Harrison was born in Turner, ME in 1805 and his parents were said to have married there. The family was in Hartford, ME by 1808, Otisfield, ME before 1821, moving to Harrison, ME that year. Note: This was originally written while I was traveling, so my sources were the book from which this image was taken and the web site Alden Kindred (which no longer maintains a searchable web site online.) The latter took the line as far as the birth of Eunice Cary, the supposed mother of Harrison Blake and a quick check of the next couple of Blake, Brett, and Cary generations on the NEHGS site matched what was claimed for Harrison. That line, working backwards from Harrison's mother, is: Eunice (Cary) Blake, Daniel Cary, Susanna (Bass) Cary, Jonathan Bass, Samuel Bass, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Susanna did turn out to be in the Alden silver book and the newest Alden book, Vol. 4 (Ruth Alden Bass), revealed that Daniel Cary married Mehitable Brett, also an Alden-Mullins. (Her father Simeon's Revolutionary War service makes descendants eligible for DAR & SAR membership.) That line runs: Eunice (Cary) Blake, Mehitable (Brett) Cary, Simeon Brett, Sarah (Alden) Brett, Isaac Alden, Joseph, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. The author also claimed a relationship to Gov. John Carver of the Mayflower, presumably on the say-so of the Blakes of Harrison, but Carver left no children. However, the lineage is partially correct in naming Harrison a Gen. 8/9 Howland-Tilley. See Harrison Blake's writeup in that section for details. Image and info from Alphonso Moulton, et al., Centennial History of Harrison, Maine (Portland: Town of Harrison, 1909), pp. 346-7, 349, digitized by the Library of Congress.

Bogardus, Washington A. H.

This Washington A. H. Bogardus (1858-1902), father of Washington Everardus below, was named for a grandfather of the same name, descendant of 1633 New York Dutch minister immigrant Everardus Bogardus. Hopefully his Generation 10-11 Alden-Mullins, Generation 10 Rogers lineage is not bogus, pardon the pun. The Alden silver book for this line ends with Generation 6 Constant Searle of Little Compton, RI - known to have had children - but the book from which this photo comes picks up at Generation 7, James "Searles," who married Abigail Thurston and moved to Bennington, VT, where they had James Harvey "Searles." Somehow they had to lose the S and make those moves, plus one to Jefferson Co, NY by 1837 so that James Harvey's daughter Martha Eliza could be born there and marry Washington's father Robert by 1856. It took a visit to the Alden Kindred 8 Generations database, which does not claim to be perfect (and is no longer online), to make this evidence-free link. That database gets to James and Abigail, but for the rest we are going on faith unless and until a Bogardus family member can verify this line with birth and marriage records. The Rogers silver book similarly leaves off with Constant and his children. They were referred to in Constant's father Nathaniel Searle's will but not named. Information and photo from Cuyler Reynolds, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, v. II (NY: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1911), pp. 508-09. Digitized by the Library of Congress.

Bogardus, Washington Everardus

This picture was probably taken a few years before the book's publication in 1911, because the sitter, son of Washington A. H. above, was referred to as having been born in 1896 and currently "preparing for college at St. George school, near Newport, Rhode Island, having finished his course at the celebrated Fay School for small boys at Southboro, Massachusetts." Young Washington would be a Generation 11-12 Alden-Mullins and Generation 11 Rogers if his family's claims are true. His last known whereabouts were Hawaii, living in the same household as his wife's parents in the 1920 U.S. census. Cuyler Reynolds, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, v. II (NY: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1911), p. 509. Digitized by the Library of Congress.

Bonney, Elliot Lincoln

A Generation 9/10 Alden-Mullins descendant - twice - of Generation 9 - twice- of George Soule and Myles Standish, lawyer Elliot Bonney (b. 1856) came by all his Mayflower heritage through his paternal grandmother, Frances "Fanny" (Churchill) Bonney. She was daughter of Saba Soule (1773-1839) and Oliver Churchill (1766-1851), who do appear in the Soule pink book. Saba and Oliver were second cousins, descendants of Benjamin Soule and Sarah Standish. Fanny's grandfather James Churchill (b. 1746) had also married a Soule, Priscilla, daughter and granddaughter of a Benjamin Soule. Sarah (Standish) Soule was a descendent of Myles Standish's son Alexander, who married Sarah Alden, daughter of John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. The most recent generations of Churchills lived in Plympton, as did Elliot Bonney. Image & info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 2 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 839, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

BOSWORTH, RUTH A.

Ruth A. (Bosworth) Palmer (1831-1909) was a Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins, plus a Warren and a Brewster, like her distant cousin Tillson Lever Harrison of Canada, below. This is one of those rare Mayflower families that wound up in the South (Kentucky.) Ruth was born in Meigs Co, OH, where her parents and paternal grandparents are buried but she and her husband Jesse Palmer (1829-1891) moved to KY by 1873 and died there. According to the book from which this photo was taken, Jesse and Ruth are buried in separate counties there. Assuming everything in this book is correct (I can't verify much from OH & KY using the NEHGS site) this line would run: Ruth (Tilson) Bosworth, Joseph Tilson, John, Jennet/Janet (Murdock) Tilson, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock/Murdoch, Ruth (Pabodie) Bartlett, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins (plus her father William Mullins) of the Mayflower. The birth of John Tilson is in the Alden silver book, Part 2. Image and info from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), pp. 242, 249-51, digitized by the New York Public Library.

Bradford, Cornelius Francis

Although Cornelius was twice a Generation 8 Bradford, Governor William's grandson Israel added diversity by marrying Sarah Bartlett, a Generation 4/5 Alden (Ruth (Pabodie) Alden, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins). Sarah was also a Generation 5 Warren & Brewster. Thus Cornelius F. Bradford was also a Generation 9/10 Alden-Mullins and Generation 10 Warren & Brewster. The Alden silver book takes the line as far as Sarah & Israel's grandson, the first Cornelius Bradford. The Bradford silver book takes the line as far as this subject's grandfather, the second Cornelius Bradford, born Friendship, ME, after 1784. For more information see Cornelius's Bradford entry on this web site. Info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 3 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 1306, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Bradford, Edward Standish

Massachusetts Treasurer Edward Bradford was a Generation 9/10 Alden/Mullins descendant through the marriage of Myles and Rose Standish's son Alexander to Sarah Alden, daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden. He was a Generation 9 Standish via his paternal grandmother, Mary (Standish) Bradford. Mary's connection was Shadrach Standish, Ebenezer, Zachariah, Ebenezer, Alexander, Myles and Rose Standish. The Standish silver book gets through "Shadrack" Standish, Generation 6 (whom the 2016 Alden book Part 5 calls "Shadrach.") Edward was a Generation 9 Bradford descendant via his father, Shadrach Standish Bradford, and the Bradford silver book leaves off with the younger Gideon Bradford, b. Plympton 1752, grandfather of Shadrach. Edward was also a Soule and Warren descendant via his father. Image and info from Charles Edwin Hurd, The New England Library of Genealogy and Personal History (Boston: New England Historical Publishing Co., 1902), pp. 296-300, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

BRAINERD, GEORGE BRADFORD

A combination of searching on the NEHGS, various silver books, and the DAR's GRS (Genealogical Research System) reveals that George is more or less what the author of the Brainerd book says, but it's he and not his mother who was the Gen. 8 Bradford. See that writeup for the details. George is also a double Alden-Mullins and a Rogers descendant. His Gen 8/9 Alden-Mullins line runs: Rebecca (Bradford) Brainerd, Joel Bradford, Jeremiah Bradford, Priscilla (Wiswall) Bradford, Priscilla (Pabodie) Wiswall, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. His Gen 9/10 Alden-Mullins line runs: Rebecca (Bradford) Brainerd, Joel Bradford, Jeremiah, Gershom Bradford, Hannah (Rogers) Bradford, Elizabeth (Pabodie) Rogers, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John & Priscilla. Image and some info from from Lucy Abigail Brainard, The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family, 1649-1908, Vol. II (Hartford Press, 1908), pp. 154-55. Digitized by the Boston Public Library.

BRAMHALL, GRACE

The photo on the left was cropped from a larger one on Digital Commonwealth showing Grace Bramhall (b 1874) and a group of other female college students on an outing in 1894. Frustratingly, she was the only one named and the writeup on the photo is of "Nine Plymouth girls.... presumably all from Plymouth." You are probably looking at an array of Standishes, Aldens, etc. The photo on the right, cropped from a picture of four in their gym clothes also identified Grace but the one on the far right did not. Her lines were unusually difficult to trace quickly, possibly because her grandfather Benjamin Bramhall seems to have been a different Benjamin than the one who married into the Warrens and numerous other Mayflower families. However, if you can find his parents you may find pilgrim stock there, too. Grace's Gen 9/10 Alden-Mullins line runs: Robert Eldridge Bramhall, Mary (Weston) Bramhall, Elkanah Weston, Hannah (Curtis) Weston, Dorothy (Delano) Curtis, Jonathan Delano, Rebecca (Alden) Delano, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. See Grace's writeup in the Soule & Doty sections for those Gen 9 lineages. All images from the Bridgewater State University, Maxwell Library, courtesy Digital Commonwealth.

BREITLING, JOSEPH CUSHMAN

Grandson of a German immigrant to Mobile, AL and son of a Confederate soldier, Joseph had a middle name and MA upbringing that made him relatively easy to trace. The book with this image names his maternal grandparents & great grandparents, then with a little help from the DAR database I found the birth of his great-great grandfather in the Allerton silver book. That revealed the Alden-Mullins, Standish, Cooke, & Hopkins links. The Hopkins book reveals a Howland-Tilley link. Joseph's Gen 10/11 Alden-Mullins line runs: Katherine Elizabeth (Cushman) Breitling, Thaddeus Thompson Cushman, Levi, Isaiah, Sarah (Ring) Cushman, Zerviah (Standish) Ring, Ebenezer Standish, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. If you want more photos and more info, Joseph (b. 1874) and grandfather Thaddeus were both M.D.s so will have left a paper trail in ME and VT. The Thompson lead is worth pursuing for more Cooke ancestry in particular. Image & info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1904), pp. 99-101, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.

Brett, Ellis

The marriage of the third-generation Brett in America, Seth, who lived to be just 34, to Sarah Alden, great-granddaughter of John Alden & Priscilla Mullins, would eventually make Ellis Brett a Generation 9/10 Alden-Mullins descendant. The intervening Brett generations were Samuel, Isaac (the Alden silver book ends here), Joseph, and Ephraim Brett, all Bridgewater area folk. Since first posting this writeup. the expected additional maternal Alden line - Gen 8/9 - did turn up when Part 4 was published, linking his mother, Ruth Copeland, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Godfrey) Copeland, to the Aldens as follows: Ruth (Copeland) Brett, Ebenezer Copeland, Ebenezer, Jonathan, Mary (Bass) Copeland, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. A surprise bonus in Part 4 was learning that his mother brought a 3rd Alden-Mullins line to the table AND Bradford & Rogers lines. (See those section for the lineage.) Ellis's 3rd line, Gen 10/11, runs: Ruth (Copeland) Brett, Ebenezer Copeland, Anna/Abbe (Godfrey) Copeland, Mary (Gilbert) Godfrey, Hannah (Bradford) Gilbert, Hannah (Rogers) Bradford, Elizabeth (Pabodie) Rogers, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John & Priscilla. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 240, digitized by the Boston Public Library. There is another version of this image in Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 230.

Brewster, Alden Farley

This photo was taken of Alden (1877-1936) as a U.S. Military Academy cadet, class of 1901. It came from the USMA Library Digital Collection and to the best of my knowledge is public domain, though 2 attempts to verify this drew no response. The Library also has for download the Official Register of Officers & Cadets, which revealed that this Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant was born in IL around July 1877 but appointed from WI, so his family had moved. Working back from the 1880 census, which showed him age 3 in Waukesha County, I determined that the family directly beneath the William & Virginia Brewster family were Virginia's parents, Albert & Caroline Alden. William was born circa 1848 in MI to parents from MA. Albert was born about 1812 in ME to parents from ME. He proved easier to trace; the 1860 census showed him in WI as early as 1845. The Alden Kindred site had 3 Alberts born around the right time, two in Maine, and the one in Portland, b. 1813, married a Caroline Fairservice from NY, which matched the census records. Albert was a Generation 6 Alden, son of John and Mehitable (Webb) Alden of Cumberland Co, ME. John's father David had migrated from Duxbury to Maine and married there. John, Mehitable, etc. are in volume 1 of the Alden Silver Book. Whether the young cadet shown is also a Brewster remains to be proven. Note: This was one of my earliest postings and I had not thought to go back up the line and see if anyone had intermarried with another Mayflower descendant. I did find a Brewster, which actually lends credence to Virginia Alden marrying a Brewster descendant, as these folks continued to marry within the same family until the mid-1800s. That doesn't help with young Alden Farley Brewster's paternal line, but you can see his mother's Brewster line on the Brewster page.

BREWSTER, BURTON B., LYMAN S., AND WARREN GEORGE​Yes, these images look less than 100 years old; they are from 1939. I am using them to show the potential for mining other public domain sites, in this case the LOC's WPA (Works Progress Administration) photos made for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, curated by Yale's Photogrammar project. These 3 brothers were all born in the west but to a Bostonian whose parents, etc. were all from Duxbury, according to NEHGS vital records online. They are Brewsters, yes, but also have Alden-Mullins genes (times three), plus Bradford, Rogers, Samson, and Warren ancestry. (See those sections for those lineages.) Warren G. (b ca 1898), Lyman S. (b 1900), and Burton B. (b ca 1903) were all born in Wyoming, based on their 1910 & 1940 census records. Their mother Grace (---) (b Dec 1876, CO) had parents from CT & VT; her line is also worth tracing. Their Gen 10/11 Alden-Mullins line should run: George Brewster, Nathan Brewster, Abigail (Samson) Brewster, Abigail (Samson) Samson, Ruth (Bradford) Samson, Abigail (Bartlett) Samson, Ruth (Pabodie) Bartlett, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. Their Gen 11/12 line would be: George Brewster, Nathan Brewster, Abigail (Samson) Brewster, Abigail (Samson) Samson, Ruth (Bradford) Samson, Gamaliel Bradford, Hannah (Rogers) Bradford, Elizabeth (Pabodie) Rogers, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John & Priscilla. Their Gen 12/13 line looks like: George Brewster, Nathan Brewster, Abigail (Samson) Brewster, Abigail (Samson) Samson, Ruth (Bradford) Samson, Elijah Samson, Priscilla (Bartlett) Samson, Ruth (Pabodie) Bartlett, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John & Priscilla again. Images from Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, [reproduction numbers LC-USF34-027466, LC-USF34-027464, LC-USF34-027589], in alpha order by brother.

Capen, Samuel Billings

Due to the marriage of two first cousins in the 1700s, Samuel is twice a Gen 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant. Ruth and Joseph Thayer were sister and brother. The former married a Capen and the latter had a daughter who married that Capen's son. One Gen 8/9 line runs: Samuel Childs Capen, Samuel, Christopher, Ruth (Thayer) Capen, Sarah (Bass) Thayer, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John & Priscilla. The second runs: Samuel Childs Capen, Samuel, Abigail (Thayer) Capen, Joseph Thayer, Sarah (Bass) Thayer, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John & Priscilla. The publication of Part 4 in the Alden silver books since this was posted brings the GSMD's published lineage for this family to the birth and marriages of Samuel Billings Capen's grandfather, Samuel, b. 1760 in Stoughton, MA. He is in the DAR database and they happen to be looking for more descendants to apply and re-prove that line since the records on him date to the early years of the DAR. Capen descendants, take heed! Image and info from Charles Edwin Hurd, Representative Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Boston: New England Historical Publishing Co., 1902), pp. 152-156, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

CARPENTER, BENJAMIN

The marriage of his parents, as described in the book from which this image was taken, is in the Alden Silver Book, part 3, with roughly the same detail except for mention of the fact that his grandmother's remarriage after the death of her first husband made his parent step-siblings. Benjamin had four Alden-Mullins lines, as a Gen. 7/8, twice an 8/9, and a 9/10 descendant. (See the Brewster & Warren sections write-ups on his descent from those passengers.) Benjamin, it is written, was b. 1806 in Manlius, NY, married twice, then died in Chicago in 1881. He was described as a lawyer, businessman, churchman, and abolitionist. He may have married sisters, as both wives' are listed with the maiden name of "Hayes." One of Benjamin's Alden-Mullins lines runs: Charlotte B. (Alden) Carpenter, Jonathan Alden, Seth, Jonathan, Jonathan, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. A second runs: Charlotte B. (Alden) Carpenter, Jonathan Alden, Seth, Lydia (Alden) Alden, Andrew, Jonathan, John & Priscilla. A third runs: Charlotte B. (Alden) Carpenter, Sarah (Bartlett) Alden, Susannah (Southworth) Bartlett, Jedediah Southworth, Sarah (Alden) Southworth, Jonathan Alden, John & Priscilla. His fourth runs: Charlotte B. (Alden) Carpenter, Sarah (Bartlett) Alden, Susannah (Southworth) Bartlett, Jedediah Southworth, Thomas Southworth, Mary (Pabodie) Southworth, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John & Priscilla. Whew! Perhaps the extra Jonathans were confusing, but Charlotte's father was NOT the grandson of Pilgrim John Alden as the author stated. One hundred thirty-one years is just too big an age gap.​Image & info about Benjamin & his parents from Amos B. Carpenter, A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America, Brought Down from their English Ancestor, John Carpenter, 1303, with Many Biographical Notes of Descendants and Allied Families (Amherst: Carpenter & Morehouse, 1898), pp. 153, 275, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

CARY, BARZILLAISon of Barzillai and Vashti (Snell) Cary, this Barzillai is both a Generation 7/8 and 8/9 Alden-Mullins. His grandfather Moses Cary and his mother Vashti Snell are both noted as Generation 6/7 descendants in part 3 of the Alden Silver Books. Vashti's mother Betty (Howard) Snell is described as a Generation 7 Chilton, which would make Barzillai Cary a Generation 9 descendant of pilgrim James Chilton. Too bad this is not a good image of Barzillai; a better one would be welcome. This image & info on his Cary forebears came from Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 87, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

CARY, OTIS

Great-grandson of deacon Recompense Cary, the Hon. Otis Cary (father of Rev. Otis, below) was a Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins. His mother, Hannah (Alden) Cary is in Part 3 of the Alden Silver Book and you can find her marriage to James Cary on the NEHGS site. Otis's Alden-Mullins line runs as follows: Hannah (Alden) Cary, Samuel Alden, Samuel, Joseph, Joseph, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. His maternal grandmother, Hannah (Williams) Alden of Raynham was a descendant of Pilgrim Thomas Rogers. See his Rogers writeup for that lineage. Image and info from Bradford Kingman, History of North Bridgewater (Boston: author, 1866), pp. 463-65, 467-68, digitized by the University of California Libraries.

CARY, OTIS REV.

Son of the Hon. Otis Cary, above, the Rev. Cary (b 1851 Foxboro, MA) was a missionary to Japan and taught in a seminary there for decades, beginning in the late 1800s. He was living when the book with this photo was published and the author noted he had 4 children then in the U.S., 3 of them (George E., Walter, and Frank) college age. Rev. Otis would be a Gen 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant (see his father's writeup for the lineage) and a Gen 9 Rogers as well. See his father's writeup in that section for that lineage. Image and info from Seth C. Cary, John Cary the Plymouth Pilgrim (Boston: Seth C. Cary, 1911), pp. 252, 255, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Isaac (b. 1818 in Camillus, Onondaga Co., NY) was a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant. He was the father of Amos (above), younger brother of Lurana and Christiana, and son of Winslow Churchill, all below. Like the twins, his mother was Mercy Dodge of Vermont and he ended his days presumably in Illinois. For his Bradford, Brewster, and Warren lineage, see his writeup in those sections. His Alden-Mullins line runs: Winslow Churchill, Melatiah (Bradford) Churchill, Joshua Bradford, Sarah (Bartlett) Bradford, Ruth (Pabodie) Bartlett, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Isaac's image and info is from Churchill, et al., The Churchill Family in America (Boston: G. A. Churchill Family, n.d. (by 1893 & bef. 1914), pp. 155, 276, digitized by the Library of Congress.

CHURCHILL, LURANA AND CHRISTIANA

Generation 8/9 fraternal twins Lurana (Churchill) Akerman and Christiana (Churchill) (Ketchum) Christian were daughters of Winslow Churchill (below), sisters of Isaac Bradford Churchill and aunts of Amos Churchill (both above.) In this image they are roughly 90 years old and at one point in the 1890s were reportedly billed as the oldest living twins in America. For their Bradford, Brewster, and Warren lineages, see their write-ups in those sections. Image and info from Churchill, et al., The Churchill Family in America (Boston: G. A. Churchill Family, n.d. ( by 1893 & bef. 1914), p. 154, digitized by the Library of Congress.

If there is a story behind the "Winslow" I have not learned it, but if you know of any Winslow connection beyond homage to the Mayflower pilgrims, let me know. This image and the info about Winslow's life came from Churchill, et al., The Churchill Family in America (Boston: G. A. Churchill Family, n.d. ( by 1893 & bef. 1914), pp. 152-54, digitized by the Library of Congress.

CLAPP, CLIFT ROGERS

Clift (b. Scituate, MA 1861) was a Gen. 10/11 Alden-Mullins via his maternal great-great grandmother, Abigail Tilden, as well as a quadruple Warren, a Doty, and a Bradford. His people were in the Marshfield area for centuries so are not hard to trace on the NEHGS. Abigail's birth is in Alden silver book Part 2, which mentions the other lines. Her daughter Abigail's birth and marriage are in the Doty book. The Alden-Mullins line runs as follows: Frances Abigail/Abigail Frances (Rogers) Clapp, Luther Rogers, Jr., Abigail Little (Tilden) Rogers, Abigail (Little) Tilden, Thomas Little, Constant (Fobes) Little, Martha (Pabodie) Fobes, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins (and her father William), of the Mayflower. Image and a little info from Nelson M. Stetson, comp., Stetson Kindred of America (Incorporated) (Rockland, MA: A. I. Randall, 1914), p. 63, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.

COLCORD, ABIGAIL ELIZABETH

A Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant, Abbie also had Gen. 7 Samson, 8 Standish, and Rogers genes thanks to her paternal grandmother, Mehitable Samson. Abbie's parents and siblings are in the Samson Silver Book but she is not because the source cited was the 1860 census, when Abbie had been married for several years to William T. Carson. She is in the 1850 FC for IL, though, age 13 and b. ME, and she is in the 2016 Alden silver book part 5, mentioning also her marriage to Daniel Colcord. Her Alden-Mullins line runs as follows: Samuel Colcord, Mehitable (Samson) Colcord, Michael/Micah Samson, Caleb, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. See her other write-ups for those lineages. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 52-3, 79, 81, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

COLCORD, AMMI MITCHELL

The Colcord genealogy contains nothing more about Gen 7/8 Ammi (Ami) than his picture, birth year (1824), and first name among the list of children of Daniel and Mehitable (Sampson) Colcord, and the statement that in 1908 he was living in Bunker Hill, IL. Ammi is written up in part 3 of the Samson Silver Books, though, along with siblings Jane, Samuel (Sr.), and William Sampson Colcord, all below. Both the Samson book and the 1900 census say that he was born in 1820. In 1820 he was enumerated in Bunker Hill (Macoupin Co., in central IL) with daughters Ada and Eula. See Jane's writeup for their lineage. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 52-3, 85, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

COLCORD, JANE

Paternal aunt of Abigail Elizabeth Colcord, above, and sister of Samuel and William Sampson Colcord, both below, Jane (Colcord) Clark was a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins, Gen. 6 Samson, Gen. 7 Standish, and Gen. 8 Rogers. The marriage of her parents is in the 2016 Alden silver book Part 5 and Jane herself is mentioned in vol. 3 of the Samson Silver Book. The author of the book from which this image was taken says only that the parents were "of Exeter, NH" and that Jane was b. 9 June 1819. However, the Samson book has only her oldest 2 siblings born in Exeter and Jane, the youngest, and 2 older sibs were supposedly born in Yarmouth, ME. I see no source cited for this info, however, so if you are a Clark descendant, please try to verify one or the other. Jane and her siblings Samuel, William, and Otis all wound up in Greenville, IL, so look there. This line runs as follows: Mehitable (Samson) Colcord, Michael/Micah Samson, Caleb, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. See her other write-ups for those lineages. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 52-3, 81, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

COLCORD, OTIS BRIGGS

The book has about as much info on Otis as it does on Ammi. He was born in 1817 or 1818 and died in 1898, depending on which page you read. He also emigrated to Illinois and was known to have married and had one son, also an Otis. Like Ammi, Jane, and Samuel, he was a Gen.7/8 Alden-Mullins, 8 Rogers, 7 Standish, and 6 Samson. See Jane's writeup for more details. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 53, 82-3, 85, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

COLCORD, SAMUEL

Brother of Jane & William and father of Abigail Elizabeth (all on this pg) Samuel Colcord (b. 1811) was a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins, 6 Samson, 7 Standish, and 8 Rogers. See Jane's writeup or more details on Samuel and the family. Like hers, his Alden/Mullins line runs: Mehitable (Samson) Colcord, Michael/Micah Samson, Caleb, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. See their other write-ups for those lineages. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 52-3, 85, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

COLCORD, SAMUEL

Son of Samuel and brother of Abigail, above, Rev. Samuel Colcord would be a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins, 7 Samson, 8 Standish, and 9 Rogers. See Abigail Elizabeth Colcord's writeup for the lineage. Born in 1849, according to the family genealogy, he was a minister and in New York City and married Alice Blinn from that area. The author writes of a series of lectures culminating in a famous public debate with an agnostic. It drew a big crowd and may have been covered by the newspapers there in 1895. The book mentions no children but media coverage might mention something about collateral relatives. IImage and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 80-82, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

COLCORD, WILLIAM SAMPSON

Brother of Jane and Samuel and uncle of Abigail and the Rev. Samuel (all above), William (b 1815, Exeter, NH) was also a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins, 6 Samson, 7 Standish, and 8 Rogers. See Jane's writeup or more details on William and the line. William was one of the family members who moved to Greenville, IL, so look for his descendants there. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 52-3, 84, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

COLLAMORE, GEORGE ENOCH

Like his brother Gilman, below, George Enoch Collamore (named for both his grandfathers) was a Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins descendants as well as Gen. 7 Doty and Gen. 8 Warren descendants. He was born in Gilman Plain, MA 1828 and died in Brooklyn, NY in 1881, thus he could have been no older than 53 when this image was made. See Gilman's entry and their Warren & Doty writeups for more detail. Image from Charles Hatch, Genealogy of the Descendants of Anthony Collamer of Scituate, Massachusetts (Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, 1915), pp. 89, 93, 94, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

COLLAMORE, GILMAN

Brothers Gilman (1834-1888) and George Enoch (above) Collamore were Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins descendants as well as Gen. 7 Doty and Gen. 8 Warren descendants. The book from which this photo was taken has Collamore cousins that follow three different Doty lines and 2 different Warren lines. It is actually the Doty silver book that gets the farthest with this family, as it records the marriage of George Little and Rachel Rogers, the parents of Polly (Little) Collamore (ca 1789-1869), second wife of Col. John Collamore and mother of Gilman and George. Vital records online take care of the rest. The brothers' Alden-Mullins line runs: Polly (Little) Collamore, George Little, John, Lemuel, Constant (Fobes) Little, Martha (Pabodie) Fobes, Elizabeth (Alden) Fobes, Pilgrims John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Like George Enoch and an older half-brother John, he was in the china and glass business. The store was in New York which is accounts for Gilman and George Enoch both being buried there. Image from Charles Hatch, Genealogy of the Descendants of Anthony Collamer of Scituate, Massachusetts (Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, 1915), pp. 89, 94-5, 96, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

COOLIDGE, (JOHN) CALVIN, JR.

Yes, this is the Calvin Coolidge who later became president of the United States. Here, though, he is a 36-year- old MA state congressman (L) and a 28-year-old Hampshire Co. title examiner (R). He was a Gen 10/11 Alden-Mullins and a Gen 10 Doty. The Alden silver book will only get you as far as Gen 5, but the Doty book goes thru Gen 6 and the rest is online. "Silent Cal's" Alden-Mullins line runs: Victoria Josephine (Moor) Coolidge, Abigail (Franklin) Moor, Priscilla (Pinney/Penney) Franklin, Jonathan Pinney/Penney, Elizabeth (Delano) Penney, Jonathan Delano, Jonathan, Rebecca (Alden) Delano, John Alden & the Mullinses. Image on the left from Who's Who in State Politics (Boston: Practical Politics, 1908), p. 135, digitized by the State Library of MA. Image on the right from Conrad Reno, Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century, with a History of the Judicial System of New England, Vol. I (Boston: Century Memorial, 1900), p. 408, Boston Public Library.

COPELAND, ALFRED

Alfred is a Gen. 6/7 Alden-Mullins and his birth and marriage to Mary Williams are in the Alden Silver Book, vol. 4. This image is from the cover of a family reunion booklet, thus the odd color. When downloaded his picture is a total blur, so this is a screen shot from Internet Archive. A better image would certainly be welcome. He seems to be wearing some kind of close-fitting black cap or perhaps a black wig. Below the image is his span of years and it looks like "1782-1857." The reunion was in Illinois so I suspect Alfred and Mary made it out to the Midwest, so look for your ancestors there if this is your line. Alfred's ancestral line runs: Daniel Copeland, Jonathan, Mary (Bass) Copeland, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Image of "Proceedings of the Fourth Reunion of the Copeland Clan and the Descendants of Alfred and Mary Williams Copeland" (Rockford IL: 1920), cover, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.

Copeland, Horatio Franklin

Dr. Copeland of Easton (b. 1842) was twice a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins. His great-grandparents, Elijah Copeland and Rhoda Snell were both Generation 5 via different children of John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. They appear in the Alden silver book Part 1 and their son Josiah Copeland of Bridgewater (who married Susanna Hayward) is in Part 4. If you were submitting this line to any lineage society you would have to document the rest but Bridgewater vital records are plentiful and many Easton records can also be found on the NEHGS. The birth and death of Horatio's alleged father turned up in seconds and matches, and Horatio Franklin Copeland's biographical info is there, but you need to verify his parents. According to the book from which this picture was taken, Horatio Franklin, a medical doctor, was the son of Horatio Copeland and Delia Nye. He was still living when this book was published, so no older than 70. (Note the more modern necktie.) Dr. Copeland's lines run: Horatio Copeland, Josiah, Elijah, Jonathan, Mary (Bass) Copeland, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower and Horatio, Josiah, Rhoda (Snell) Copeland, Josiah Snell, Anna (Alden) Snell, Jonathan Alden, John & Priscilla. Info and image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 129, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

I believe the "H." was for "Holmes" because his maternal grandfather was an Ellis Holmes but then again his own father was Ellis Cornish so maybe it was one of each. A physician, Ellis H. Cornish (1840-1910) was a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins and the marriage of those maternal grandparents (Ellis Holmes & Lucy Copeland) is in the Alden silver book Part 4. Lucy was the last child of parents Joseph Copeland & Rebecca Hooper, born when Mom was 46, thus the number of generations between Dr. Cornish and his pilgrim(s) is shorter than would be expected for someone who died in the 20th century. His line runs: Sally/Sarah (Holmes) Cornish, Lucy (Copeland) Holmes, Joseph Copeland, Jonathan, Mary (Bass) Copeland, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. Image and years of death and birth from Henry S. Griffith, History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review 1637 to 1910 (New Bedford: Anthony, 1913), pp. 289, 320, digitized by U MA, Amherst but the vital records were all from the NEHGS online.

CUSHMAN, AUSTIN SPRAGUE

The photo from which this was cropped shows Austin S. Cushman in his role as Department Commander, i.e. state leader for Massachusetts, of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in 1867. He was then 40. His father Robert Woodward Cushman was cousin of David Quimby Cushman, below, thus Austin S. is a 1st cousin once removed. To figure out this and all his Pilgrim lines requires a combination of vital records, online at the NEHGS, an article in their NEHGR, then help from the Cushman family history where the image of his father was found, and the GSMD's Delano "Green Books." And that is just for his father's lineage. Austin's mother, Lucy (Sprague) Cushman, was a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins and Gen. 7 Standish descendant. (The Standish Silver Book gets as far as the birth of her mother, Deborah. Henry Wyles Cushman's Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), p. 51 mistakenly described Lucy as the daughter of her own brother, "the Hon. Seth Sprague.") So, Austin was a Gen. 8/9 and 9/10 Alden-Mullins, a Gen. 8/9 Howland-Tilly, a Gen. 9 Billington and Allerton, and a Gen. 8 Soule & Standish. You can see his other lines on those pages. Austin's paternal Alden-Mullins line would run: Robert Woodward Cushman, Job Cushman, Martha (Delano) Cushman, Joshua Delano, Martha (Simmons) Delano, Mercy (Pabodie) Simmons, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden and Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. His maternal line runs: Lucy (Sprague) Cushman, Deborah (Sampson) Sprague, Abner Samson, Nathaniel, Lora (Standish) Samson, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John & Priscilla. Image from MA GAR, Early History of the Department of Massachusetts G.A.R. from 1866 to 1880 Inclusive (Boston: Stillings, 1895), frontispiece, digitized by the University of Massachusetts Libraries.

CUSHMAN, DAVID

Father of David Quimby Cushman and cousin of Robert Woodward Cushman, both below, and a cousin once removed of Austin S. Cushman, above, David (b. 1806, ME) was a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins, 7 Billington & Allerton, 6/7 Howland-Tilley, and 6 Soule. See David Quimby's writeup for the lineage. The image shows him at age 48 and was made from a daguerrotype. The author included a lengthy autobiography written by David. Image and info from Henry Wyles Cushman, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), pp. 376-81, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

CUSHMAN, DAVID QUIMBY

This is the sketch of a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant, a 7/8 Howland-Tilley and a Gen. 8 Billington & Allerton, and Gen. 7 Soule. Author of the book from which this sketch was taken, the Rev. David Quimby Cushman was also an active member of the NEHGS and according to his obit in the NEHGR, David's paternal line was Kenelm, Robert, Robert, Robert, Thomas, Thomas, Robert Cushman. The first Thomas married Mary Allerton (Gen. 2), and the second Thomas married a Howland-Tilley daughter (Ruth). The second Robert of the three married Mercy Washburn, whose mother was Lydia Billington. The Billington & Allerton Silver Book leave off at Robert 2, Mercy, & son Robert 3 but the Howland Silver Book (23:1:187, not the "John Howland of the Mayflower" series) reveals that the third Robert married a Martha Delano. Her entry as #203 in the GSMD's Delano "Green Books" points out the Alden-Mullins and a Soule line as well. See his nephew Austin S. Cusman's write-ups for their Mayflower lineages. Image from D. Q. Cushman, The History of Ancient Sheepscot and New Castle [ME] (Bath, ME: Upton, 1882), frontispiece. Digitized by the Library of Congress.

CUSHMAN, EMERY

A distant cousin of David Quimby Cushman (above) and the father of Henry W. and Emery Eugene (below), Emery Cushman was a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins and a Gen 8 Standish, plus a triple Gen 7 & single Gen 8 Soule, Gen. 8 Allerton, and Gen 7/8 Howland-Tilley. (See those writeups for the lineages.) Emery's Alden-Mullins (and Standish) lines are on his mother's side, and are not noted in any of the GSMD's Silver, Pink, & Green (Delano) books so you won't find them unless you bother to look for Emery's mother on the NEHGS online. Always bother to do that. The Alden-Mullins line runs as follows: Betty (Thomas) Cushman, Rachel (Weston) Thomas, Rebecca (Standish) Weston, Moses Standish, Ebenezer, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Image and info from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), p. 278, digitized by the Library of Congress.

CUSHMAN, EMERY EUGENE

Son of Emery (above) and brother of Henry W. (below), Emery Eugene was a Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins, 9 Allerton & Standish, Gen. 8/9 Howland-Tilley, and Gen 8 & 9 Soule (four times, total). See his father's writeups for details. Image and info from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), pp. 278, 280, digitized by the Library of Congress.

CUSHMAN, HENRY W.

Son of Emery and brother of Emery Eugene (both above), Henry was a Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins, 9 Standish & Allerton, 8/9 Howland-Tilley, and Gen 8 & 9 Soule (four times, total). See his father's writeups for details. Image and info from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), pp. 278-79, digitized by the Library of Congress.

CUSHMAN, HERCULES

The Hon. Hercules Cushman (1785-1832), shown here at age 44 (1829), was a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins, Gen. 7 Cooke, Soule, Standish & Eaton, and Gen. 8 Priest descendant, on his mother's side and a Gen. 8 Warren and Gen 7 Allerton on his father's side. The image at top left is a scan of an engraving of a Daguerrotype of an oil painting done from life. Hercules's Alden-Mullins line runs: Mercy (Soule) Cushman, Jabez Soule, Zachariah, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. The Alden silver book gets as far as the marriage of grandparents Jabez & Abigail (Bennett) Soule and the Soule pink book (#323 ii) covers the marriage of their daughter Mercy to Noah Cushman. See Hercules' other write-ups for more details. Image and info from Henry Wyles Cushman, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), pp. 167, 283, 288, 289-292, digitized by the Boston Public Library. Caution: Tthis edition apparently had some pages come out and the library reinserted them out of order.

CUSHMAN, ROBERT WOODWARD

Father of Austin S. and cousin of David Q. Cushman, above, Rev. Robert (b. 1800 Woolwich, ME) was a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins, Gen. 7/8 Howland-Tilly, Gen. 8 Billington and Allerton, and Gen. 7 Soule descendant. See Austin S. Cushman's writeup for details. (Austin was also a Standish via his mother, Lucy Sprague.) The author of the book from which this image comes must be either a fan or a family member because he devoted over 20 pages to this one individual's work as a minister.Image and info from Henry Wyles Cushman, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), pp. 144-5, 211-2, 382, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

DAVIS, RICHARD

Richard (1814-1877) is related to Nathaniel Sprague Spooner and Capt. Walter Spooner, below, through his mother, Ruth (Spooner) Davis, wife of Nicholas Davis 3rd. There were several Nicholases and several Timothys in that Davis family (descendants of Dolor Davis of Cape Cod) so vital records weren't especially helpful and many are buried in the same Friends cemetery at Long Plain. I have not found the correct Davis grandparents with certainty but Richard may have Cooke ancestry. Here is his Gen 8/9 Alden-Mullins line: Ruth (Spooner) Davis, Alden Spooner, Alathea (Sprague) Spooner, Noah Sprague, Ruth (Alden) Sprague, David Alden, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. His son Richard Jr., below is Gen. 9/10. Image and some info from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), p. 281, digitized by the Library of Congress.

DAVIS, RICHARD JR.

Son of Richard, above, grocer Richard Jr. (b 1847) is a Gen 9/10 Alden-Mullins and his mother's Chase lineage is worth checking out for additional Mayflower ancestry. See Richard's writeup for the lineage. Image and some info from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), p. 284, digitized by the Library of Congress.

Dawes, John

Hon. John Dawes of Harrison, ME (1803-1892) was a Gen 8/9 Alden/Mullins descendant of via his mother, Mary (Packard) Dawes. Mary's grandfather James Packard and grandmother Mary Thayer are in the Alden silver book Part 4, as are her father James Packard (a DAR patriot) and several of his siblings (in the discussion of their grandfather Ephraim Thayer's will.) As a descendant of Mary (Packard) Dawes's brother Ephraim. I can attest that a number of these Maine local histories contain oddities and errors, including this one. It may be due to the transient nature of Maine residents of that era. Revolutionary War veterans like her father moved there to settle but many of those their grandchildren, John Dawes's cousins & half my Packard ancestors in ME, went back to the same area the Packards had left, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, MA. It was becoming industrialized in the 1830s-50s and factory jobs were plentiful in the burgeoning shoe industry. You could live in a real town, with schools and no bears. The error here is in stating that Mary (Packard) Dawes was born in Duxbury, MA. She was born in Bridgewater. Image from Moulton, Sampson, & Fernald, Centennial History of Harrison Maine (Portland: Southworth, 1909), p. 448, digitized by the Library of Congress.

Delano, [Christopher] Columbus

The Hon. [Christopher] Columbus Delano of Ohio was a Generation 7/8 Alden-Mullins and Generation 7 Doty descendant via his paternal great-great grandparents, as well as a Generation 8 Richard Warren descendant via great-grandmother Sarah Bartlett. He is listed in Muriel Curtis Cushing, comp., Philip Delano of the "Fortune" 1621 and his Descendants in the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Generations, Part 2 (Plymouth: GSMD, 2011). National Archives and Records Administration image.

Dring, Caroline Augusta

Daughter of Charles Perry Dring and sister of Charles Humphrey Dring (below), Caroline (b. 1846, Tiverton) was a Generation 9/10 Alden-Mullins and Generation 9 Rogers descendant. For more info, see the entry for Charles Perry Dring. Info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 2 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 814, digitized by the Boston Public Library. Photograph of image made by me from hard copy edition at the Library of Congress.

Dring, Charles Humphrey

Son of Charles Perry Dring (below) and brother of Caroline Augusta Dring (above), Charles Humphrey Dring (1841-1907) was a Generations 9/10 Alden-Mullins and Generation 9 Rogers descendant. For more information, see Charles Perry Dring. Info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 2 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 815, digitized by the Boston Public Library. Photograph of image made by me from hard copy edition at the Library of Congress.

Dring, Charles Perry

The book from which this photo comes states that Charles was an Alden descendant in the 8th generation, and that is correct, per the Alden Silver Books (parts 1 & 2), which get the line as far as his grandfather, Philip Dring. Assuming the authors were correct about Charles's father being John Dring, and Philip being John's father, then he is a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins. Not noted, was his Generation 8 descent from Thomas Rogers. The marriage of Elizabeth Pabodie, an Alden granddaughter, to a John Rogers was noted, but the fact that John was a grandson of pilgrim Thomas Rogers was not. Anyone searching for more pilgrim lineage for Charles might examine the family tree of his mother, Esther Perry. The book also refers to a Brownell connection, and a family member named Thomas Church Brownell, a bishop. Some in the Church family in that part of MA descended from pilgrim Richard Warren. Charles was the father of Charles Humphrey and Caroline Augusta, above, neither of whom married. Info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 2 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 813, digitized by the Boston Public Library. Photograph of image made by me from hard copy edition at the Library of Congress.

DUNLAP, SAMUEL FALES

Son of Lucy Fales and grandson of Samuel Fales, both below, Samuel was a Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins, a Gen. 10 Rogers & Chilton, Gen. 9 Bradford, plus Gen. 9 Warren three times (twice via Abigail Haliburton, Lucy's mother.) The original of this image was a painting by G. P. A. Healey, who also painted Lucy's portrait, and all the family paintings in turn were photographed and printed in the book in a sepia tone. Thus color here is guesswork. No date is given for either portrait but Samuel Dunlap lived from 1825 to 1905. Based on the clothing and statements in the book from which this scan came that Samuel graduated Harvard in 1845, served at the equivalent of the American embassy in Berlin (presumably immediately after graduation), edited a book by his father, Andrew Dunlap, that was published in 1850, then wrote and published books in 1856 and 1858, I would guess that this was painted when he was in his late 20s, early 30s. See his mother's writeup for the Alden-Mullins lineage and the Rogers, Bradford, Chilton and Warren write-ups for those lines. Image and most of the info from DeCoursey Fales, The Fales Family of Bristol, Rhode Island (privately printed, 1919), p. 127, digitized by the Allen County Public Library. The image was photographed by reader Sarah M. from the hard copy at the LOC.

EATON, OLIVER

Oliver was a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins, Gen. 7 Eaton, Gen. 8 Priest, and Gen. 9 Rogers. He might have an additional Alden-Mullins line through his mother Polly Keith, b. ca. 1779, if you can find her. See Solomon's writeup for the lineage. The book with the father-son images was rather lax in linking the two Eatons so you will need to get documentation beyond the birth of Solomon. It helps that the Middleboro book identifies Oliver's brother as Solomon K. Eaton, "K." probably standing for "Keith." Image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 413, digitized by the Library of Congress.

​EATON, SOLOMON

Like his son Oliver, above, Solomon is an Alden-Mullins, Eaton, Rogers, and Priest descendant as well. Solomon was an innkeeper and died in Bridgewater. His birth is in the Alden silver book (Part 3) and the Eaton book as Gen. 6. The Gen 6/7 Alden-Mullins line runs: Jabez Eaton, Thankful (Alden) Eaton, John Alden, Joseph, John & Priscilla. See his Priest, Rogers, and Eaton writeups for those lines. Image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 412, digitized by the Library of Congress.

EDDY, HIRAM

Rev. Hiram Eddy of Jersey City, NJ was the brother of Rev. Zachary, below, and as such also a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins twice and a Gen. 7 Standish. (See their Standish writeups for that lineage.) Hiram's Alden-Mullins lines run as follows: (1) Isaac Eddy, Nathan, Lydia (Alden) Eddy, John Alden, Joseph, John and Priscilla of the Mayflower and (2) Isaac Eddy, Eunice (Sampson) Eddy, Ephraim Sampson, Lydia (Standish) Samson, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Image from R. H. Eddy, The Eddy family: Reunion at Providence to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630 (Boston: Cushing, ca. 1880), p. 58, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

EDDY, JAMES HOOD

First cousin of Hiram (above) and Zachary (below), James Hood Eddy was also a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins twice and a Gen. 7 Standish. His father, Zachariah Eddy (b 1778), was a younger brother of their father Isaac (b 1774). James's Alden-Mullins lines thus run: (1) Zachariah, Nathan, Lydia (Alden) Eddy, John Alden, Joseph, John and Priscilla of the Mayflower and (2) Zachariah Eddy, Eunice (Sampson) Eddy, Ephraim Sampson, Lydia (Standish) Samson, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. (See his Standish writeup for that lineage.) Image from R. H. Eddy, The Eddy family: Reunion at Providence to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630 (Boston: Cushing, ca. 1880), p. 211, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

EDDY, ZACHARY

Rev. Zachary Eddy of Detroit, MI was the brother of Rev. Hiram, above. Both were twice Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins and a Gen. 7 Standish. (See their Standish writeups for details.) Zachary's Alden-Mullins lineage is also (1) Isaac Eddy, Nathan, Lydia (Alden) Eddy, John Alden, Joseph, John and Priscilla of the Mayflower and (2) Isaac Eddy, Eunice (Sampson) Eddy, Ephraim Sampson, Lydia (Standish) Samson, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. The birth of their father Isaac Eddy was noted in both the Alden and Standish Silver Books. Image from R. H. Eddy, The Eddy family: Reunion at Providence to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630 (Boston: Cushing, ca. 1880), p. 19, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Edson, Jael

According to the Babbitt Family History, Jael (Edson) Babbitt (1787-1866) was an Alden-Mullins and Soule descendant. Research in the Silver & Pink Books revealed that she was Gen 6/7 Alden-Mullins (via her maternal grandmother Ruth Delano) and Gen 6 Soule (via her mother, Rhoda Peterson) but was also Gen 6 Doty via the Petersons and Gen 6/7 Howland-Tilley by her paternal grandmother, Jael (Bennett) Edson. The GSMD's Alden, Soule, and Howland books document her parents; Jael herself is in the Doty Silver Book. She was the mother of Adeline Lavinia (Babbitt) Browne and Nathan Snell Babbitt, above. Image from William Bradford Browne, comp., The Babbitt Family History 1643-1900 (Taunton: C. A. Hack & Son, 1912), p. 360, scanned at the Library of Congress.

EDSON, SALLY

OUT ON A LIMB, AGAIN: Sally (Edson) Eddy (1781-1850) should be a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins, Gen. 7 Eaton, and Gen. 8 Priest. See her Eaton writeup for the full story and that lineage. See her Priest writeup for that line. Her Alden-Mullins line would run: Lucy (Eaton) Edson, Jabez Eaton, Thankful (Alden) Eaton, John Alden, Joseph, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. The Alden silver book, part 3, also ends with the birth of a Lucy Eaton in Middleboro, 1759. Image from R. H. Eddy, The Eddy family: Reunion at Providence to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630 (Boston: Cushing, ca. 1880), p. 259, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

EELLS, SAMUEL

Uncle of doppelgänger Robert L. Ells (not Eells), below, and of Elijah Barstow, Jr., above, and a first cousin of Michael Ford, Jr./2d, below, Samuel was born in 1783 and is in the Alden Silver Book, vol. 4. He is a Gen. 6/7 Alden-Mullins as follows: Ruth (Copeland) Eells, Joseph Copeland, Mary (Bass) (Webb) Copeland, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. Samuel died in 1863 so this image "from an old picture" would have been taken in his late 60s or his 70s. According to the author of the book from which this image was taken, Samuel was a shipwright in business with brother Edward. Two other brothers, Robert & Joseph, continued the blacksmithing business of father Robert Lenthal Eells, which catered to the nearby shipbuilding trade. Image and info from L. Vernon Briggs, History of Shipbuilding on North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, with Genealogies of the Shipbuilders, and Accounts of the Industries Upon its Tributaries, 1640 to 1872 (Boston: Coburn, 1889), pp. 94, 98, 99, digitized by the Library of Congress.

ELLS, ROBERT L.

Family members sometimes spelled the name "Eells," and that is how you will find it in GSMD Silver Books. Vital records on the NEHGS site pick up where the Alden silver books parts. 1 & 4 leave off, which is with Robert's parents. His photo identifies him as both a deacon and "an old time shipbuilder" and the book from which this image was taken sketches his very interesting career and service to this country. He was nephew of Samuel Eells, above, whom he resembles, and of Michael Ford Jr./2d, below, and a cousin of Elijah Barstow also above. Robert L. Ells of Medford, MA (1808-1883) was a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins as follows: Edward Eells, Ruth (Copeland) Eells, Joseph Copeland, Mary (Bass) (Webb) Copeland, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. Image and some info from Secretary, Stetson Kindred of America, Inc., Booklet No. 3 (1911), p. 35, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Estes, William R. G.

Probable but not proven. His mother was Betsey Hayford Alden, said to have been the daughter of Revolutionary War soldier Benjamin Alden and the wife of Thomas Estes. They also had a son Lewis Alden Estes, but his photo was not in this book. William, a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant was born in in 1830 in Durham, Maine, where the Estes family had lived since 1769, and he lived briefly in Iowa (1855-58) with an unspecified older brother. William was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and was still alive when this book was published in 1899. His Alden-Mullins link remains to be proven due to lack of Alden records online for Durham, ME. However, the account is internally consistent within this book, which translates as "I'll give him a chance." Image from Everett S. Stackpole, History of Durham, Maine with Genealogical Notes (Lewiston, ME: Lewiston Journal Co., 1899), p. 109, digitized by the Library of Congress.

FALES, DECOURSEY

Author of the book from which all these Fales images were taken, DeCoursey (Gen. 10/11 Alden-Mullins, Gen. 11 Rogers & Chilton, and a 3x Gen. 10 Bradford & Warren) was born in NY City in 1888, graduated from Harvard and from Columbia University Law School. He wrote that he was "admitted to the bar" but did not state if he actually practiced law. He is the grandson of Haliburton Fales, below. The portrait he chose for himself was a 1919 painting by Lydia Field Emmett, at age 31, showing him in the uniform of an ensign in the National Naval Volunteers. (This group was transferred to the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1918.) See the description of brother Haliburton Fales #3 for the lineage here and in the Rogers, Bradford, Chilton, and Warren sections of this web site. Image and info from DeCoursey Fales, The Fales Family of Bristol, Rhode Island (privately printed, 1919), pp. 152, 158, digitized by the Allen County Public Library. Reproduction of the painting printed in the book was photographed by reader Sarah M. at the LOC from a hard copy for a sharper image. The published pictures were unfortunately not in color.

FALES, HALIBURTON

Brother of Lucy and Samuel Bradford Fales, son of Samuel Fales (all below) and son of Abigail Haliburton on the Warren page, Haliburton was a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins, a Gen. 9 Rogers & Chilton, and Gen. 8 Bradford on the paternal side and a Gen. 8 Warren (twice through his mother.) See Lucy's writeup for details. He was the father and grandfather of Haliburton Fales, but the grandson used "Jr." just to confuse people in the 21st century. Born in Boston (1815), he resided some time in NY City, and died in England (1869) but his remains were shipped home so you will find him in the Fales tomb in Mount Auburn, MA (Cambridge and Watertown) with the others. He traveled extensively in the US and abroad and left lots of correspondence and diaries which might be a great source for genealogical info. Image (a painting by G. P. A. Healey) photographed for publication (unfortunately not in color) and shown here as a photograph from the hard cover book at the LOC, taken by reader Sarah M. Info from DeCoursey Fales, The Fales Family of Bristol, Rhode Island (privately printed, 1919), pp. 136-141, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.

FALES, HALIBURTON, Jr. (#2)

Son of Haliburton Fales, above, nephew of Lucy, and grandson of Samuel (both below), Haliburton Jr. was b. Boston 1849, moved to NY with his parents in 1854, and was apparently still living when this book was printed. This image, from a 1910 painting by Herman G. Herkomer, was made when he was about 60. (Younger images would be welcome.) I think he did not go by "Jr." in his lifetime because his father died when he was 20 and his son, Haliburton #3, bellows, signed his name as "Jr." The book from which this image was taken says that he was admitted to the bar so he may have been a practicing attorney and thus left a paper trail. See the writeup for his aunt, Lucy Fales (below) for his Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins lineage. See the Rogers, Bradford, Chilton, and Warren sections for those lineages. Image and info from DeCoursey Fales, The Fales Family of Bristol, Rhode Island (privately printed, 1919), p. 151, digitized by the Allen County Public Library, and the picture in the hard copy book at the LOC photographed by reader Sarah M. for this website. (Haliburton #2 was also the father of DeCoursey Fales.)

FALES, HALIBURTON #3 (III or Jr.)

Son of Haliburton, Jr. (#2) and grandson of Haliburton, he would be a Gen 10/11 Alden-Mullins, plus a Rogers, Bradford, Chilton, and Warren. Haliburton #3 (b 1885, presumably in NY City) was the older brother of the author of the book from which this image and those of the other Faleses and Samuel Fales Dunlap came from. He apparently broke with tradition by going to Yale instead of Harvard but no further info was given about his occupation or residence. He did marry and have 3 children: Samuel, Elizabeth, and Ellen. This portrait is apparently a photograph, as it is credited as being by Underwood & Underwood, an early stereograph, news photography, and aerial photography firm. The version in the book was rephotographed by reader Sarah M. at the LOC, providing a much sharper image than a blurry, low-density scan. Haliburton should be 34 or slightly younger here. His Alden-Mullins line would run: Haliburton Fales #2, Haliburton #1, Samuel, Elizabeth (Bradford) Fales, Daniel Bradford, Gershom, Hannah (Rogers) Bradford, Elizabeth (Pabodie) Rogers, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. See his other write-ups as well. Image and info from DeCoursey Fales, The Fales Family of Bristol, Rhode Island (privately printed, 1919), pp. 151-2, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.

FALES, LUCY ANN CHARLOTTE AUGUSTA

Lucy, daughter of Samuel Fales, sister of Samuel Bradford and Haliburton Fales, mother of Samuel Fales Dunlap on this page, and daughter of Abigail Haliburton, a Warren, was a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins, a Gen. 9 Rogers & Chilton, and Gen. 8 Bradford via her father plus a Gen. 8 Warren (2x via her mother.) She was born in Boston, 1802. The family can be found there for a few generations but earlier you need to look in Bristol County, RI vital records. Lucy married an Andrew Dunlap per the book from which this image was taken but borne out by vital records found on the NEHGS and in GSMD silver books. Alden books 1 & 2 get to the birth of grandmother Elizabeth (Bradford) Fales but the citation is only the Fales book. The Bradford book cites a Bristol Co., RI VR for the same event. Here is her Alden-Mullins lineage: Samuel Fales, Elizabeth (Bradford) Fales, Daniel Bradford, Gershom, Hannah (Rogers) Bradford, Elizabeth (Pabodie) Rogers, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. (For Lucy's other lines see those writeups.) Visually this is an amazing book, with lots of full-length oil portraits of these people in opulent garb, some of which I could not resist showing. This one of Lucy Dunlap is by a G. P. A. Healey. Thank-you to librarian Sarah M. in Washington, DC for responding to the request for a photograph from the hardcover copy. This results in much sharper pictures than the digitized scans online. As it turn out, the publisher did not print the images in color and chose a sepia tone for the photographs, so colors must still be guessed at. Most of the info from DeCoursey Fales, The Fales Family of Bristol, Rhode Island (privately printed, 1919), p. 123, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.

FALES, SAMUEL

Father of Lucy and Haliburton, above, and of Samuel Bradford Fales, below, grandfather of Samuel Fales Dunlap and Haliburton Fales 2d, both above, and great-grandfather of Haliburton 3d, also above, Samuel was a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins descendant, Gen. 7 Bradford & Warren, and Gen 8 Rogers & Chilton. See Lucy's writeup for the Alden-Mullins lineage. Samuel was born in Bristol, RI in 1775 but the family later settled in Boston, where he married Abigail Haliburton, a Warren descendant, in 1801. He died there in 1848. This image is a photograph of a printed image in this book of a painting by Gilbert Stuart, made in 1806, when he would have been 31 and already prosperous. Info from DeCoursey Fales, The Fales Family of Bristol, Rhode Island (privately printed, 1919), frontispiece and pp. 104-06, digitized by the Allen County Public Library. Image scanned from the hardcover edition by reader Sarah M. at the LOC.

FALES, SAMUEL BRADFORD

Son of Samuel, brother of Lucy, & uncle of Samuel Fales Dunlap, above, Samuel was a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins, Gen. 8 Bradford, & Gen. 9 Rogers & Chilton via his father and Gen. 8 Warren (2 of his 3 Warren lines via his mother, Abigail Haliburton. See Lucy's writeup for the lineage.) Samuel Bradford Fales (1804-1880) attended Harvard and by his late 20s was establishing himself as an art collector in Philadelphia, with a reputation that led him being elected a director of the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts. The catalog of his collection, auctioned when he died, numbered 235 pages. During the Civil War he was heavily involved in what sounds like a precursor of the USO, the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon in Philadelphia, which fed as many as 7,000 troops in a single day. It had 3 hospitals, bathing, and eating facilities. The book from which this image was taken says he was the rare civilian honored by membership in the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS), serving as commander of a council. Apparently he remained unmarried and had no children but when researching a family, always cast a wide net and look for siblings, even childless ones. Samuel may be a treasure trove of Fales and Haliburton data. A search of the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) revealed that the Saloon documents and ephemera are in the McAllister Collection at the Library Company of Philadelphia and the papers of Samuel and an uncle, businessman George Fales, are at the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan. Image & info from DeCoursey Fales, The Fales Family of Bristol, Rhode Island (privately printed, 1919), pp. 128-133, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.The picture was photographed by reader Sarah M. from the hard copy at the LOC. If you find a picture of Samuel as a younger man, and it's in the public domain, I would be glad to post it here.

Filoon, Veranus

Veranus could claim Generation 9/10 Alden-Mullins descent as well as Generation 9 from Henry Samson and Myles Standish. The story is that the 2 Filoon brothers were Scots-Irish immigrants from County Armagh in the late 1700s and one, James Filoon settled in Abington, MA. His son John Williams Filoon married Mary Fullerton (Noah, Asa, John, John.) Great-grandfather John and earlier Fullertons are in the Alden silver books. Mary's father Noah Fullerton was a Generation 7/8 Alden-Mullins and Generation 7 Standish via the 1st marriage of John Fullerton, Sr., b. Boston 1696 to Ruth Samson, daughter of Mercy Standish, granddaughter of Sarah Alden. Much more Fullerton information can be found in the Samson silver book. Reportedly John, Sr. had 17 children, the last born when some of his children were already grandparents and 2nd wife Rebecca Delano was 47. Although the Fullerton family has many Mayflower descendants, John, Sr. worked for then-Gov. Winslow and fled to Canada during the Revolutionary War. Check the next two generations for possible Daughters of the American Revolution patriots. Sons, too. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 176, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

FORD, MICHAEL JR./2D

A Gen. 6/7 Alden-Mullins descendant and a double Warren descendant, Michael was born in Scituate, MA in 1784. He and his family were involved in shipbuilding for several generations. He is a cousin of Samuel Eells, above, and a cousin once removed of Elijah Barstow, Jr. and Robert L. Ells (not Eells) on this page. Samuel, Michael, Elijah Sr., and Robert's father Edward are all in the Alden silver book, part 4. Michael's line runs: Rhoda (Copeland) Ford, Joseph Copeland, Mary (Bass) (Webb) Copeland, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. At some point in his career he badly injured a knee, explaining the walking stick in the full-size version of this image. That must have been after his militia service in the War of 1812. If you are a descendant, you qualify for membership in the National Society U.S. Daughters of 1812 or the General Society of the War of 1812. His pension index card is on fold3.com, which is currently (2016) digitizing records from that conflict. Michael lived to 1878, not 1877 as claimed in the book, and his death is listed on the same page as that of his older sister, Lucy Copeland, age 97. Image and info from L. Vernon Briggs, History of Shipbuilding on North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, with Genealogies of the Shipbuilders, and Accounts of the Industries Upon its Tributaries, 1640 to 1872 (Boston: Coburn, 1889), pp. 131-2, 135, 136, digitized by the Library of Congress.

FREEMAN, ALDEN

In the 1700s and 1800s, if you run across someone whose first name is "Alden" it is reasonable to search for a John Alden connection. Grandson of Seth Alden Abbey, above, via daughter Frances, also above, Alden Freeman was a Gen 10/11 Alden-Mullins descendant. Some Abbey uncles are pictured above as well, and Seth's writeup has info on where this line intersects with the Alden Silver Book. His line would run: Frances Maria (Abbey) Freeman, Seth Alden Abbey, Hannah (Alden) Abbey, Amos Alden, Jonathan, Eleazer, Joseph, Joseph, John and Priscilla of the Mayflower. According to the book from which this info and images were taken, Alden Freeman was quite a history enthusiast, involved in several groups and erecting a memorial to Capt. Thomas Abbey, and collecting family records. If you are interested in his forebears, see if he left this collection somewhere, perhaps in the Enfield, CT area, where Thomas Abbey lived. Image and info from Abbe & Nichols, Abbe-Abbey Genealogy (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse, Taylor, 1916), p. 302. Digitized by the Boston Public Library.

FRENCH, BENJAMIN VINTON

Many of the Vintons seem to have married into the Alden-Mullns family. The marriage of Benjamin's mother, Eunice Vinton, is noted in the Alden silver book, part 4. Benjamin (b. 1791) was quite the agriculturalist and specialized in orchard fruits. Since his successes on his Braintree farm led to state and federal appointments in agriculture you might find other pictures of him elsewhere. He married twice, the first time to a cousin, but the author noted no children. Benjamin's Gen. 7/8 line runs: Moses French, Moses, Esther (Thayer) French, Sarah (Bass) Thayer, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. Image and info from John Adams Vinton, The Vinton Memorial, Comprising Genealogy of the Descendants of John Vinton of Lynn, 1648 (Boston: Whipple, 1858), pp. 105, 193, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

FRENCH, JOB BORDEN

There is a bit of guesswork here but I believe that Job B. French was a Gen 9/10 Alden-Mullins and a 9 Rogers via his paternal grandmother, Phoebe Ann (Dwelley) French. See his Rogers writeup for details. If my assumptions are correct, the line would run backwards from Job as: Enoch Judson French, Phoebe Ann (Dwelley) French, Daniel Dwelley, Richard Dwelley, Alice (Pearce) Dwelley, Deborah (Searle) Pearce, Sarah (Rogers) Searle, Elizabeth (Pabodie) Rogers, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. Info and image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), pp. 531-2, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

FRENCH, SILVANUS

The mother of Deacon Silvanus French, Amie/Amy (Packard) French is listed in Part 3 of the Alden silver books, as Generation 6, as is her brother Lemuel who is the father of Silvanus Packard (below). Thus both Silvanii are Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins descendants. Silvanus French's line runs: Amie/Amy (Packard) French, Sarah (Richards/Rickards) Packard, Mehitable (Alden) Richards/Rickards, Isaac Alden, Joseph, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Image from Bradford Kingman, History of North Bridgewater (Boston: author, 1866), p. 505, digitized by the University of California Libraries.

FULLER, CLINTON

Clinton Fuller was a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins and a Gen. 8 descendant of Edward Fuller as well. He migrated as a boy from Luzerne Co., PA to Stark Co., IL, both areas that published detailed county histories in the late 1800s. (Stark Co. also has a 2-volume set from 1916.) One of the early outmigration patterns from New England after the Revolutionary War was through Luzerne and Wyoming Counties in PA. If you know something about the path your people took from Plymouth to wherever you live now, check Internet Archive and Heritage Quest online to see if those counties published histories. Many have pictures. They are free for the download if they are in the public domain. Remember to look for siblings as well as your direct ancestor. Clinton's Alden-Mullins lineage runs as follows: Ambrose Fuller, Hannah (Hill) Fuller, Anne (Grinnell) Hill, George Grinnell, Lydia (Pabodie) Grinnell, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. See his Edward Fuller writeup for that line. The Alden Silver Book will get you as far as Hannah Hill, and her husband Jehiel Fuller is in the Edward Fuller Silver Book. Image and info from M. A. Leeson, Documents and Biography Pertaining to the Settlement and Progress of Stark County, Illinois (Chicago: M. A. Leeson Co., 1887), pp. 463-64, 477, digitized by the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.

FULLER, GEORGE A.

The description in the book from which this image was taken states that George was a direct descendant of Samuel Fuller of the Mayflower. (See his Fuller description for those details.) If the assumptions I made are correct, his great-great grandmother Fuller was a Samson descendant plus an Alden-Mullins & Standish via a non-Mayflower Samson line. Caution: the Samson book, part 2, published in 2005, gave the marriage of Ziba Fuller but had found only one child, a Severance (not Simeon), but the implication is that there may have been more. Check out the next Samson & Samuel Fuller volumes when they come out. George's Alden-Mullins line should be Gen 10/11, as follows: Andrew J. Fuller, Asa, Ziba, Ann (Blackmer) Fuller, Rebecca (Samson) Blackmer, Abraham Samson, Lorah (Standish) Samson, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John & Priscilla of the Mayflower. See his Samson and Standish writeups for those details. Image from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), p. 293, digitized by the Library of Congress.

GIFFORD, L.

A Gen 9/10 Alden-Mullins descendant via his mother, the photo on the left was cropped from one taken in late 1865, at age 21, lying on the grass, thus the odd angle of his shoulders. The one on the right was taken in the 1880s, when the subject was about 40 and a farmer "out standing in his field." Civil War pension documents describe him as of average height for the time (5'6" - 5'7"), thin, with black (later gray) hair and blue eyes. Here his hair looks like it is rapidly going white, a hallmark of that family. A 2012 article in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register suggests a possible Gen 8 lineage from Doty & Warren, and Gen 10 from Brewster. He is also a Gen 9 Cooke via his father. Glass slide image from Library of Congress, Civil War Photo Collection, LC-DIG-cwpb-04315 DLC and I scanned a scan of a family image of unknown origin to get the picture on the right. Neither is for download or reuse anywhere partly because the identifications have not been confirmed. See this Civil War genealogy site for more details: http://3rdmaheavyartillery.weebly.com/

GIFFORD, L.

On the left is 28-year-old card grinder and bridegroom, L. Gifford of Bristol County, MA and on the right, here he is a few years later as a farmer, Out Standing In His Field (cropped from a photo of his wife & 2 kids.) L. was an Alden-Mullins, Cooke, Rogers, Brewster, and Warren descendant. Both of his parents were Mayflower descendants. The sepia tone of the photo on the left doesn't show it, but his eyes were blue and he was short. These are the only pictures I've seen of him without snow-white hair. These are scans of scans supplied by one of his relatives so it is NOT for you or anyone else to download. The original owner (only) has the copyright on both.

GIFFORD, S.

This ring-spinner in a Massachusetts textile factory is 18 and getting married. A relative of the second L. Gifford, above, she was likewise an Alden-Mullins, Brewster, Cooke, Rogers, and Warren descendant. It's difficult to tell what her hair color was, given that this was a sepia picture but my guess is light-medium brown. I did meet her and she was also short, blue-eyed, and had snow-white hair in old age. This scan is also owned by a private individual who gave permission for it to be published on this site ONLY. It is not for you or anyone to download.

GOODWIN, MARY JANE

She and her brother John Abbott Goodwin both wrote about the first LeBaron immigrant, apparently with different explanations for his arrival. Mary Jane (1831-1894) wrote under her married name, Austin, if you want to look them up. She and her brother were Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins, Gen. 8 Warren, Gen. 8/9 Howland-Tilley, Gen. 7 Bradford, Gen. 8 Hopkins, and Gen. 8 Standish descendants, whew!. Mary Jane was a Mayflower descendant through both parents, who were distant LeBaron cousins. Mary Jane's Alden-Mullins line runs as follows: Isaac Goodwin, Lydia Cushing (Samson) Goodwin, Simeon Sampson/Samson, Peleg Samson, Lydia (Standish) Samson, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. She is not a descendant of Pilgrim Henry Samson, though her Samson line may be collateral relations. The Alden silver book Part 1 gets through the birth of Simeon Samson/Sampson and his marriage to Deborah Cushing. Vital records on the NEHGS site have the birth of Lydia Cushing Samson, her marriage to William Goodwin, Isaac's birth, his marriage to Elizabeth Hammatt, and Mary Jane's birth in Worcester, where the family had moved from Plymouth. See her Bradford, Standish, Hopkins, Howland-Tilley, and Warren write-ups for those lines. This image is credited as a photo provided by Mary Jane's daughter, Lilian Ivers (Goodwin) DaSilva, circa 1890 would be my guess. Image and info from Mary LeBaron Stockwell, Descendants of Francis LeBaron of Plymouth, Mass. (Boston: Marvin, 1904), pp. 21-22, 33, 50, 122, 263, 408, digitized by the New York Public Library.

GOUDY, LEWIS ALDEN

The book with this image specifies that his mother was a Soule but makes no explanation for the middle name other than saying his father was Alden Goudy. Lewis A. Goudy, as he wrote it, is said to have been born in 1849, in Woolwich, ME. He was quite an accomplished businessman, including running a "confectionary" business that was later sold to Nabisco. He was early in the telephone business, too. There may be more than one Alden-Mullins link but one can be found in the Soule book. That Gen 9/10 line runs: Augusta P. (Soule) Goudy, David Farnham Soule, Samuel, John Soule, Hannah (Delano) Soule, Jonathan Delano, Rebecca (Alden) Delano, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. Lewis also has 2 Doty lines. See the Soule and Doty sections for those lineages and more info. Be on the lookout for a Warren link, too, as his paternal grandmother was Rebecca Church. Image and info from Little, Burrage, Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Vol. II (NY: Lewish Historical Pub. Co., 1909), pp. 566-8, digitized by Columbia University.

GREEN, WALTER JEROME

To prove this line to any lineage society you will have to document Walter (1842-1885), his parents, and grandparents after their marriage. The book from which this image was taken notes the last 2 generations were born in NY, does link the grandfather (David Green) to John Alden & Priscilla Mullins (or "Nolines," as it is spelled.) However, it says that "his mother" was Deliverance Hatch and it is not clear who "his" is. If the author meant Walter's father Charles Green, fine, because she did marry a David Green and Deliverance's mother was a Sears, as claimed in the book. If this can all be sorted out, Walter was a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant. His line would run: Charles Green, Deliverance (Hatch) Green, Mary (Sears) Hatch, Mary (Paddock) Sears, Alice (Alden) Paddock, David Alden, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins (and her father William.) Image & some info from History of Oneida County, New York, from 1700 to the Present Time, Vol. II (Chicago: Clarke, 1912), p. 232, digitized by the NY Public Libraries. Think Walter would have looked better without the mustache, or at least with a smaller one?

HARLAND, EDWARD

General Edward Harland (b. 1832, Norwich, CT) works out to be a Generation 10-11 Alden-Mullins, Generation 9 Bradford, and Generation 10 Rogers. The authors of this book helpfully point out which ancestor was the line carrier of his Bradford and Alden genes (but you have to look for it, then search hard in the Bradford silver book.) Edward's maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Whiting (daughter of John, the line carrier in this instance), is noted as having been born in CT about 1750. The Alden Silver Books get only as far as the birth of her father. Elizabeth married a Daniel Leffingwell, giving rise to a run of three women with "Leffingwell" in their names, probably not a coincidence and helpful if you are short on vital records. Thus Bradford is not only newer than Alden Part 2 by 2 years, but more complete. Moving backwards, we see that Gen. Harland's Alden-Mullins line is: Abigail Leffingwell (Hyde) Harland, Sarah Russell (Leffingwell) Hyde, Elizabeth (Whiting) Leffingwell, John Whiting, Elizabeth (Bradford) Whiting, Hannah (Rogers) Bradford, Elizabeth Pabodie (Rogers), Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. See Edward's Bradford and Rogers writeups for those lines. Image & info from Genealogical & Biographical Record of New London (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), pp. 248-50, digitized by Brigham Young University.

Harris, Benjamin Winslow

U.S. Congressman Benjamin Harris( R-MA) (1823-1907), was a descendant of at least 8 Mayflower Families, going only from data on the Harris side. (His mother, Mary Winslow Thomas, was described in the book from which this photo came as a descendant of Kenelm Winslow, brother of pilgrim Edward. She also turned out to be a Warren.) Benjamin was a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins & Warren descendant, twice a Generation 8 Brown descendant from the marriage of an earlier Benjamin Harris, the congressman's great-grandfather, to Sarah Snow, who was also a Generation 5 Brown. The Brown silver book gets the line as far as Rep. Harris's grandfather, the first Deacon William Harris. Great-grandfather Benjamin is the final Harris entry in the Cooke silver book, and the Chilton & Alden silver books get only to Arthur Harris, the generation before. Benjamin Winslow Harris was also a Generation 9 Cooke & Hopkins and a Generation 10 Chilton descendant. Information on his Warren & Bradford descent is given in the description of his son Robert O. Harris, below. Info and image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), pp. 54-56, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Harris, Robert Orr

Son of Rep. Benjamin Winslow Harris, above, Robert O. Harris was a Generation 9/10 Alden-Mullins, Generation 9 Brown (twice) and Bradford, Generation 10 Cooke, Hopkins, & Warren, and Generation 11 Chilton descendant. The book from which this photo comes provided data for 7 lines for his father and stated that the son was a member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) and also claimed descent from William Bradford and Richard Warren. This turned out to be also through his father's line, via great-grandmother Alice (Mitchell) Harris, wife if the 1st Deacon William Harris. She was daughter of Cushing Mitchell and Margaret (---). Cushing appears as Generation 6 in Part 3 of the Richard Warren silver books, and his descent is via Edward, Alice Bradford, and Mercy Warren (Gen 3) who had married John Bradford, a Generation 2 descendant of the pilgrim. His mother's family (Julia A. Orr, daughter of Robert Orr, esq. of Boston and Melinda Wilbur) merits examination for Pilgrim links, as does that of his father's mother, a Kenelm Winslow line. Info and image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), pp. 54-57, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

HARRISON, TILLSON LEVER

There are other photos of Dr. Harrison online but the ones I saw were of him as a much older man and the photos were not in the public domain. I believe this one is, due to age and period clothing. Tillson was born in 1881 in ON, Canada and graduated from medical school in 1907. To say he led an adventurous life would be an understatement, if his wikipedia writeup is to be believed. He was a Warren & a Brewster, but his Gen. 10/11 Alden Mullins is as follows: Harriet Adele (Tillson) Harrison, Edward Delavan Tillson, George Tilson/Tillson, Stephen/Steven Tilson, Jennet/Janet (Murdock) Tilson, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock/Murdoch, Ruth (Pabodie) Bartlett, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. Tillson was also a Warren and Brewster descendant. See those writeup for the lines. Image from wikipedia "Tillson Harrison" (accessed 5 July 2016), which credits it to the Annandale (ON) National Historic Site via the Canadian Medical Association. Their web site was under construction so I could not access the Annandale site. Supposedly the photo is in the public domain and was taken in 1906 or 1907. Info on Harrison and his lineage is from wikipedia and "Harrison, Tillson Lever," American National Biography Online (accessed 5 July 2016), and info on his lineage beyond his grandparents is from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), digitized by the New York Public Library, and also from vital records on the NEHGS and from the relevant GSMD silver books.

Howard, Daniel S.

Born in 1818, Daniel Howard carried the genes of 9 Pilgrim lines in his blood thanks to his mother, Lucy Sturtevant, whose paternal grandmother Elizabeth Samson (Alden-Mullins & Standish) married Silas Sturtevant (Priest, Eaton), and whose mother I believe was a Chilton. Thus, a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins, twice, (see Gorham Bradford Howard's writeup for the lineages), Daniel was also a Generation 8 Standish, Doty, & Eaton, and Gen. 9 Priest, Cooke, Hopkins, & I believe Chilton. The Standish and Eaton silver books takes his maternal line as far as Ephraim Sturtevant, Lucy's father, and Silas is in the Priest book. Elizabeth Samson is in the Alden book and paternal grandmother Susannah (Reynolds) Howard in the Doty book (twice.) The Chilton line turned up in Alden, Part 3, though earlier generations do appear in the Chilton book. Daniel was born in Brockton, Plymouth County, where he died in 1904, and was the older brother of Gorham Bradford Howard, below. Info and image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), pp. 42-43, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

HOWARD, EMBERT

I will go out on a limb here and call Embert a Generation 9/10 Alden-Mullins. This is on the basis of his lineage as son of Cary Howard, the son of Darius Howard and second wife Huldah Cary. That Huldah Cary was the daughter of Jonathan Cary "Jr." and Abigail Perkins. All of these folks lived in Brockton and Jonathan & Abigail married in 1784. Jonathan could have been called "Jr." because he was son of Deacon Jonathan Cary and Mary Curtis or because he was 3 years younger than the Jonathan Cary born to a Jonathan Cary and Lois (---). Either way, it would be the same boy, grandson of Rev. Recompense Cary, who had the foresight to marry TWO Alden women, Mary Crossman and Sarah (Alden) Brett, a relative of mine. Thus, Jonathan "Jr." is likely a Generation 6/7 Alden-Mullins. Image in Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 535, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Howard, Gorham Bradford

I have found no genealogical reason for this man's parents naming him "Gorham Bradford." if you find a Howland and/or Bradford link, please let me know. However, as the younger brother (b. 1827) of Daniel S. Howard, above, Gorham was also a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins (twice), Generation 8 Standish, Doty & Eaton, and Gen. 9 Priest, Cooke, Hopkins, & Chilton (I think.) Their Alden-Mullins lines goes only to Gen 5 in the Silver Book series, Vol. 16, Parts 1 & 3. The first runs: Lucy (Sturtevant) Howard, Ephraim Sturtevant, Elizabeth (Samson) Sturtevant, Ephraim Samson, Lydia (Standish) Samson, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins.The second runs: Lucy (Sturtevant) Howard, Abigail (Howard) Sturtevant, Abigail (Snell) Howard, Zachariah Snell, Anna (Alden) Snell, Jonathan Alden, Jonathan & Priscilla of the Mayflower. The second line you will have to document carefully as my quick-and-dirty message did not confirm that the Abigail Howard who married Ephraim Sturtevant and died in 1842 was these same Abigail born to Robert and Abigail. The age and places match, but there were several Abigails born in the same area in the same decade. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), pp.42-43, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

HOWARD, HEMAN Author of the book from which this photo was taken, Heman Howard was a Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins via his paternal grandmother’s father, Calvin Brett. Calvin is in the Alden Silver Book. He is also a Chilton via his grandfather, Edwin Howard (see that page for details.) Other surnames and middle names in Heman's lineage hint at additional pilgrim lines. This Alden-Mullins line runs as follows: Edwin Dwelly Howard, Edwin Howard, Lucy (Brett) Howard, Calvin Brett, Simeon Brett, Sarah (Alden) Brett, Isaac Alden, Joseph, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. There is a town in northern Wales named Dwelly, the first immigrant to New England by that name may have come from there. Info & image from Heman Howard, The Howard Genealogy: Descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater, Massachusetts from 1643 to 1903 (Brockton: Standard Printing, 1903), frontispiece and pp. 70 and 146, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.

HOWARD, WILLARD

Col. Willard P. Howard was a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins and a Gen. 8 Brown(e) descendant via marriages in his father’s line. Willard’s Alden-Mullins lineage runs as follows: Thomas Jefferson Howard, Caleb Howard, Abigail (Copeland) Howard, Jonathan Copeland, Mary (Bass) Copeland, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. The Alden silver book Part 4 get as far as the marriage of grandparents Caleb Howard to Sylvia/Lydia Alger. See Willard’s Brown(e) entry for that line. It is not clear whether the title “Col.” is from his Civil War service or an honorific earned as a senior officer of the Grand Army of the Republic veterans organization after the war. He had no children at the time this book was written and was then residing in Baltimore. Info & image from Heman Howard, The Howard Genealogy: Descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater, Massachusetts from 1643 to 1903 (Brockton: Standard Printing, 1903), pp. 32, 156, 230, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library. The photo is small because the original is a full-size portrait of Willard in uniform, seated at a table.

KEITH, ALBERTLike Edwin, George Eldon and Ziba Cary Keith (all below), Albert (b. 1823) is a grandson of Benjamin Keith and Martha "Patty" (Cary) Keith and thus a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins. Knowing that he had a brother named "Arza" would make this descendant much easier to find. In this instance, the book also gave his parents' names, another Arza Keith and Marcia Kingman, but my point is: never overlook your ancestor's siblings. Also be aware that all these images of Brockton residents might require you searching in "North Bridgewater," that city's former name. Image in Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 221, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

KEITH, ARZABrother of Bela and Ziba, below, Arza was also the father of Albert (above). He was a Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins, and the line (for this whole group of Keiths) runs as follows: Martha "Patty" (Cary) Keith, Col. Simeon Cary, Mary (Crossman) Cary, Sarah (Alden) Crossman, Joseph Alden, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. The Alden Silver Book, Part 3, gets as far as the birth of his mother, Martha Cary. Image from Bradford Kingman, History of North Bridgewater (Boston: author, 1866), p. 555, digitized by the University of California Libraries.

KEITH, BELA

As son of Benjamin and Martha (Cary) Keith, Bela was the brother of Arza (above) and Ziba (below), uncle to Albert Keith (above) and Edwin, George Eldon, and Ziba Cary Keith (all below.) Bela (1793-1867) was a Generation 7/8 Alden-Mullins. He married Mary Kingman of Bridgewater in 1821, daughter of Seth Kingman and Judith Washburn. If you find a photo of any children, look for additional Mayflower lines via Mary and Judith, particularly Cooke and Billington. This image comes from Bradford Kingman, History of North Bridgewater (Boston: author, 1866), p. 555, digitized by the University of California Libraries. The same image but of lower quality can be found in Kingman's History of North Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895.)

KEITH, CHARLES PERKINS

Also a grandson of Benjamin Keith and Martha Cary via their son Charles (b. 1794) and Mehitable Perkins, also of Bridgewater, Charles P. is a Generation 8/9 Alden Mullins, a nephew of Bela, Arza, & Ziba and a cousin to Albert, Edwin, George Eldon and Ziba Cary Keith (all on this page). Image in Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 193, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Keith, Edward Herman

The Hon. Edward H. Keith of Bridgewater (b. 1859) was grandson of Abigail Thayer Wild and Pardon Keith. Abigail's mother, Abigail (Thayer) Wild, wife of Silas Wild, Jr., is in the Alden silver book, Part 1, as a Generation 5/6 Alden-Mullins and the marriage of Abigail and Pardon is in Part 4. The older Abigail's mother, Deborah (Arnold) Thayer, was also an Alden-Mullins, Gen. 5/6, via her mother Sarah (Webb) Arnold. Thus Edward H. was a Generation 8/9 and 9/10 Alden-Mullins and should be a nephew of the much-traveled adventurer Nathan Keith, below. Both Edward's lines were through Ruth Alden, then split at her daughters Mary and Sarah Bass. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 429, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

KEITH, EDWINAlso a son of Capt. Ziba and Polly (Noyes) Keith, Edwin is a brother of Ziba Cary Keith and cousin of George Eldon Keith (both below) and a nephew of Bela & Arza (above.) That makes him a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins. Image in Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 676, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Keith, George Eldon

Born 1850 in what is now Brockton, MA, George was a Generation 9/10 Alden-Mullins Descendant. His paternal grandmother, Martha (Cary) Keith, wife of Benjamin Keith, is in Part 2 of the 4 Alden silver books. He may also be a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant if his mother Sally Cary, daughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Perkins) Cary is granddaughter of Deacon Jonathan Cary and Mary Curtis of Brockton. His parents would have been second cousins, not unusual at that time. As there is a Thayer in his family tree as well, George may also have a third Mayflower line. Info and image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), pp.16-20, digitized by the Boston Public Library. There is a nearly unrecognizable sketch of him in Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 219, the book from which A. W. Kingman's bad picture comes (below). It shows what looks to be dark hair (bald) and a bigger mustache.

Keith, Horace Alden

Horace's mother, Thalia (Alden) Keith, brought one set of Alden-Mullins genes to Horace's table, but his paternal grandmother Mehitable (Copeland) Keith brought another, easier to trace. Her grandparents, Generation 5 Jonathan Copeland and wife Mehitable Dunbar appear in the Alden silver book, Part 1 and her parents, Jonathan Copeland and Deborah Otis are in Part 4. Thus Horace was a Generation 9/10 Alden-Mullins AND Part 4 reveals that the Dunbars were Warren descendants. (See his Warren writeup for that line.)​Thalia Alden was the 2nd wife of Henry Snell Keith, born in 1830 to Deacon Elijah and Hannah (Bassett) Alden. Her paternal grandparents were Deacon Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Ames) Alden, according to her deposition when she joined the GSMD in 1898 as PA member #77, reprinted in Mayflower Descendant 37 no. 2 (1987):156. MA vital records show her father Elijah born in Chester Co., PA, and the NEHGS has no records online of a Massachusetts Ebenezer marrying an Elizabeth Ames, so that likely took place in PA. Theoretically Ebenezer could have been old enough to be a Revolutionary War patriot and certainly the child of one, and a look at the NSDAR's GRS online turned up multiple hits on an Ebenezer Alden b. MA 1770, married to Elizabeth Ames b. MA 1774. She was the daughter of an Elijah Ames, patriot, who died in Chester Co., PA. Ebenezer and Elizabeth died in the mid 1800s, having moved on to MD. Although a dozen DAR members claimed descent through Elijah Ames, none claimed Ebenezer as the son of a patriot, possibly unable to trace him. Their documents date back decades and contain numerous gaps. Further research will likely turn up Ebenezer's parents and grandparents in southeastern MA. He was likely a Generation 6 Alden-Mullins, making Horace Keith also a Generation 9/10 Alden-Mullins. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 267, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Keith, Nathan

His double Alden-Mullins lines Nathan (1814-1899) owed to his mother, Abigail Thayer (Wild) Keith. She appears as Generation 6 in Part 4 of the Alden silver books, granddaughter of James Thayer (Sarah Bass, Ruth Alden, John) and Deborah Arnold (Sarah Webb, Mary Bass, Ruth Alden, John) and mother of Abigail Wild, who married Pardon Keith. Nathan is thus Generations 7/8 & 8/9 and theoretically should be an uncle of Edward Herman Keith, above. The book from which this photo comes devoted a fair amount of space to Nathan's exploits wrangling livestock in the Wild West (Arkansas, Indian Territory, and Texas), running a daguerrotype studio (New Orleans & Alabama), working in a store (Texas), then heading down into Mexico by mule and across Mazatlan, where he and a friend refurbished a ship that they sailed to San Francisco. He was a gold miner for several years but made most of his money in San Francisco investments. He supposedly returned to Brockton (North Bridgewater) in 1853. I mention this because his paper trail must be mind-boggling, but is all the same man. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 3 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 1145, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

KEITH, PRESTON BOND Son of Charles Perkins Keith, above, he is twice a Generation 9/10 Alden-Mullins. See Charles P.'s bio for his relationship to several of the other Keiths on this page. Preston's mother was also a Keith: Mary Keith Williams, daughter of Josiah Williams and Sylvia Keith. (The latter married in Bridgewater in 1814.) Given a quick-and-dirty analysis, Sylvia's lineage appears to be (Simeon & Molley/Molly Cary, Nathan & Hannah Snell, Timothy & Hannah Fobes, etc.) Molly Cary was a sister of Martha "Patty" Cary (see Albert and Bela, above.) Thus, Preston's parents were first cousins and he is a double Gen 10/11 Alden-Mullins. Maybe that explains the mustache. Image in Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 693, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

KEITH, ZIBAFather of Ziba Cary below and brother of Arza and Bela above, Capt. Ziba Cary was a Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins. (See Arza's writeup for the lineage.) This image comes from Bradford Kingman, History of North Bridgewater (Boston: author, 1866), p. 555, digitized by the University of California Libraries.

KEITH, ZIBA CARYZiba Cary Keith (son of Capt. Ziba Keith, above) was a nephew of Arza and Bela Keith (above) and a first cousin of George Eldon Keith, above. As such, he is a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins. Image also from Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 756, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

KINGMAN, ABEL WILLARDThe quality of the pictures in this book are poor across the board, and I don't think it's simply a matter of being digital. I have decided to use them in hopes someone has a better image of the same person. Abel does have a top to his head, I am sure, but one cannot tell if he has any hair. There may possibly be a mustache involved, too. He is a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins, born in 1838, and a Generation 9 Rogers descendant. The book from which this image comes gives his Alden lineage from John (Joseph, Joseph, Samuel, Samuel, Williams) to Abel's mother, Clarissa Alden. The NEHGS revealed her father to be "Williams Alden" (the "s" is because his mother was a Williams) and he is listed in volume 3 of the Alden Silver Book. The description of his parents reveals that the second Samuel's bride (the Williams) was a generation 6 Rogers. However, the Rogers book gets to Hannah William's birth and has a marriage date but neglects to mention it was to an Alden. That would have been helpful. Image and info from Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 9, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

KNEELAND, NANCY J.

Nancy J. Kneeland (Nichols) of Maine (1835-1880) is the mother of Sarah Annette Nichols on this page. Nancy's Alden-Mullins line is covered through the birth of her grandfather, Edward Kneeland, and after that by the Kneeland genealogy from which this photo was taken. That book is not without its pitfalls, so research carefully before turning in a Mayflower Society application because I'm not finding some of the claimed descendants of other pilgrims. The Alden line seems reasonably sound, as these are people contemporaries of the author and he seems to have obtained data from a lot of other New England Kneelands and it should have been hard to invent a grandfather Kneeland in that neck of the woods. He had a legal background and was not a first-time author. Still, he has Nancy's grandfather Edward, b. Boston 2 Feb 1775, being orphaned before the age of one. The Alden Silver Book vol. 3 has Edward's father dying when he was 20, but based on a newspaper ad. On the other other hand, the age of the John who died in 1795 is off by several years to be Edward's father, and there was indeed a "John Kneeland, late of Boston" in another ad on 6 March 1775. Being a printer did not automatically make the John in the Silver Book the correct deceased Kneeland, as the family was full of printers. The Kneeland genealogy also differs with the Silver Book in terms of which Abigail married John Kneeland, but then again, Silver Books vol. 3 & vol. 1 don't agree, either. Assuming until proven otherwise that the correct Edward has been identified (and I find no other on the NEHGS, because he disappeared into the wilds of Maine) this would be Nancy's Gen. 8/9 line: Henry Hichborn Kneeland, Edward, John, Mary (Alden) Kneeland, Zachariah Alden, John, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. Image and info from Stillman Foster Kneeland, Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family (NY: privately published, 1897), pp. 102-3, 115-6, 121-2, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.

LORING, A. P.

It turned out the "A" was for "Alden" and the "P" for "Porter," his mother's maiden name. The Alden-Mullins line is thanks to A. P.'s father, Barnabas T., for "Thayer." A. P.'s Gen. 8/9 line runs as follows: Barnabas T. Loring, James, Daniel, Anna (Alden) Loring, John Alden, Jonathan, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. The birth of Barnabas T. is in the Alden Silver Book, but I found the link the roundabout way, via vital records on the NEHGS web site and an old book, which turned out to be the book cited in the Alden Silver Book: John Adams Vinton's Vinton Memorial (Boston: Whipple, 1858), pp. 317 & 359. James Loring's second wife was a Delano widow and consequently he is mentioned in one of the Delano Green Books but not his children. This image is of a young, pre-lawyer years A. P. because it comes from a book written by an old school chum about athletic and organized sports activities in mid-19th century Boston. The caption reads: "Harvard Varsity Crew - 1866," so A. P. was about age 20. He later moved to Lincoln, NE. Image from James D'Wolf Lovett, Old Boston Boys and the Games They Played (Boston: Riverside Press, 1907), p. 54, digitized by California Digital Libraries. Info from Calbraith B. Perry, Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, His Ancestors and Descendants (NY: T. A. Wright, 1902), pp. 126-7, 137, digitized by Internet Archive, and Pope & Loring,Loring Genealogy (Cambridge, MA: Murray & Emery, 1917), pp. 287-88, digitized by the New York Public Library.

LORING, BAILEY

Very distantly related to A. P. Loring, above, Bailey (1786-1860) was a Gen 5 Alden descendant via John & Priscilla's youngest child, David, who was born 25-30 years after the Mayflower arrived and was thus young enough to be the child of his oldest siblings. Rev. Bailey was a Brown University graduate, so there might be a picture in their archives as well. He was born in Duxbury and was a minister of Unitarian leanings in Andover, but the author of the book with his photo did not state where he died. He left 4 sons, 3 of whom married and left children. Their details are also in this book but there is yet no silver book with Gen 6 or 7 descendants of David Alden. Bailey's Alden-Mullins line runs: Alethea (Alden) Loring, Samuel Alden, David, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Image and info from Charles Henry Pope, assisted by Katharine Peabody Loring, Loring Genealogy (Cambridge, MA: Murray & Emery, 1917), pp. 63, 114-5, digitized by the New York Public Library.

LORING, BENJAMIN WILLIAM

Born in Duxbury 1821, he went to CA and ran trains of pack mules. When the Civil War broke out he came back and somehow got assigned as acting master (captain) of a ship. The author of this book skipped the bit about Benjamin knowing how to steer anything but a mule. Presumably that all worked out. He captained ironclads, was a POW, and later worked at the Navy yard in Washington, DC, before moving to Oswego, NY, per the author. Descendants are eligible for membership in the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War (females) and in Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (males.) If you find a better image, please let me know. His grandfather was an older brother (18 years) of Loring Bailey, above, making Benjamin and George Bailey Loring, below, 1st cousins once removed. He was also a Warren & Doty descendant via a Little ancestor. See those sections for those lineages. Benjamin's Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins line runs: William Little Loring, William Loring, Alethea (Alden) Loring, Samuel Alden, David, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Image and info from Charles Henry Pope & Katharine Peabody Loring, Loring Genealogy (Cambridge, MA: Murray & Emery, 1917), pp. 63, 108, 278, digitized by the NY Public Library.

LORING, GEORGE BAILEY

Son of Bailey, above, George (b 1817 Andover) was a medical doctor, military surgeon, politician, political appointee under presidents Garfield & Arthur, agriculturist, and ambassador to Portugal. He died in Salem in 1891 - this is all per the book with his father's photo, but verifiable - and married twice had only one child who produced a grandchild, a female. The surname of the grandchild was "Dwight" and the parents died in Switzerland, so good luck tracing them. One clue might be that the grandchild was born at the US Military Academy at West Point. Biographical info is from Loring Genealogy (Cambridge, MA: Murray & Emery, 1917), pp. 115, 193-4, digitized by the New York Public Library.This image is entitled "Loring, Hon. George Bailey, Rep. of Mass. Surgeon of 7th Regt., Mass. V. Militia, 1842-1844." It is part of the Brady-Handy Collection at the Library of Congress (LOC) in Washington, DC, reproduction number LC-DIG-swpbh-04730. Note the difference in the lines on his face; my guess is that the two images were created at the same time but the photo on the left was touched up. See Bailey's writeup for the Alden-Mullins lineage.

MAXIM, SILAS PACKARD

Silas co-authored the book from which this sketch comes and included sufficient genealogy to jump-start a search for pilgrim ancestors. A TAG article had told me that the immigrant founder of the Maxim family, Samuel, had married a descendant of Patience Brewster, and Silas noted that his mother was a Packard. My Packards from Maine are Alden descendants, like DeWitt Clinton Packard, below (who was just a friend of the family) so I began looking in both Brewster and Alden and found reference to Soule and Browne. Silas turned out to be a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins, Generation 8 descendant of George Soule, a Generation 9 Browne, and a 10 Brewster. Image and info from W. B. Lapham & Silas P. Maxim, History of Paris, Maine (Paris:1884), pp. 673-4 & frontispiece. Digitized by the Library of Congress.

MURDOCK, JESSE

The Hon. Jesse Murdock (b. 1806) - the name is sometimes spelled Murdoch in the records - is a descendant of TWELVE Mayflower lines, counting Alden, Mullins, Howland, and Tilley as 4 distinct lines, which the GSMD does. The other lines are Warren, Brewster, Soule, Standish, Hopkins, Cooke, Samson, and Allerton. Yes, you will have to click on each writeup to read the lineages, and they run through both of his parents. Jesse was a double Alden-Mullins. Here is his 1st Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins line, beginning with his father: Jesse Murdock, Bartlett, Bartlett, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock, Ruth (Pabodie) Bartlett, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. The 2nd veers off onto his paternal grandmother's line as follows: Jesse Murdock, Deborah (Perkins) Murdock, Hannah (Sampson) Perkins, Hannah (Soule) Sampson, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John & Priscilla. Image from Henry S. Griffith, History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review 1637 to 1910 (New Bedford: Anthony, 1913), p. 200, digitized by U MA, Amherst but the vital records were all from the NEHGS online. The Alden silver books Parts 1 & 2 get the furthest in documenting any of the Hon. Jesse's lines, the births of Deborah Perkins and Bartlett Murdock #2. The Carver, MA vital records listed both Jesse's parents & grandparents in his birth record.

NICHOLS, SARAH ANNETTE

Her identification as a Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins is problematic, though I believe correct, for reasons described in her mother's writeup, above. See Nancy J. Kneeland for the lineage and details. Sarah was b. 15 Jul 1868 to Nancy and her husband Albert S. Nichols, of Searsport, ME and according to S. F. Kneeland, married an Otis Stewart Chessman of Pittsburgh, grandson of a Chessman who emigrate to PA from NH. There is a picture of her very young daughter, Ethel Chessman on the same page as Sarah, Nancy, and Otis, so if you are a Chessman you might pursue an Alden-Mullins application and help untie some genealogical knots if no one else has already. This image is also from Stillman Foster Kneeland, Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family (NY: privately published, 1897), pp. 121-2, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.

Packard, DeWitt Clinton

North Bridgewater/Brockton's longtime city clerk in the late 1800s-early 1900s, DeWitt Clinton Packard was a Generation 9/10 Alden-Mullins twice. On his father's side great-grandfather William Packard (b. 1745) is cited as a Generation 6 descendant in the Alden silver books, Part 3, through William's maternal grandmother, Mehitable (Alden) Richards. That line runs: Washburn Packard, Sihon Packard, William Packard, Jr., Sarah (Richards) Packard, Mehitable (Alden) Richards, Isaac Alden, Joseph, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. DeWitt's mother Hannah was also a Packard (b. 1810) and her grandfather is in the same silver book series. That line runs: Hannah (Packard) Packard, Mehitable (Harris) Packard, Abiel Harris, Abiah (Alden) Harris, Samuel Alden, Joseph, Joseph, John & Priscilla. Her Harris line makes DeWitt a Chilton descendant. See that section for his lineage. DeWitt's father was named Washburn Packard, so do not be surprised to find other Mayflower ancestors in his family tree.​Born in 1834, DeWitt was still alive when this book was published. The photo probably dates to the 1880s. He is an example of a phenomenon that dates to the Revolutionary Period, parents no longer naming their children after family but of prominent Americans, even neighbors to whom they were not related. Suspect this if you have a relative named "DeWitt C.," "Lorenzo D.," or "Henry C." (for NY Gov. DeWitt Clinton, "father" of the Erie Canal; Lorenzo Dow, the original tent preacher; or Henry Clay, author of the Missouri Compromise.) Names like "George W." for George Washington or "John Q. A." for John Quincy Adams are easier to guess today, but if you find a 19th century ancestor whose first or middle name is a surname rather than a first name, and you don't recognize it, search for a popular figure of that era with that name, or even a prominent, successful local person before you waste time trying to "prove" a link to Andrew Jackson, James Madison, etc. And bone up on your U.S. presidents! Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 2 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 682, digitized by the Boston Public Library but scanned from the hardcover copy by me at the Library of Congress.

PACKARD, SILVANUSFirst cousin of Silvanus French, above, both Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins descendants were apparently named after an uncle Silvanus/Sylvanus Packard, born in 1752. This Silvanus was born 1789 to Lemuel Packard & Sarah Hunt and married in 1818, thus the bowtie (which is cool) fits for a man of middle age in the 1840s. Lemuel, six years younger than sister Amie/Amy (Packard) French, is also in Vol. 3 of the Alden Silver Book. Silvanus Packard's line runs: Lemuel Packard, Sarah (Richards/Rickards) Packard, Mehitable (Alden) Richards/Rickards, Isaac Alden, Joseph, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Image from Bradford Kingman, History of North Bridgewater (Boston: author, 1866), p. 505, digitized by the University of California Libraries.

PAINE, LEVI LEONARD

A minister and son of Levi Leonard Paine and Clementina Leonard, Levi was a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins and Generation 8 Cooke thanks to his mother's mother, Nancy (Tomson) Leonard and her mother, Hannah (Thomas) Tomson's mother, Mary (Alden) Thomas. The Alden Silver Books, vols. 1 & 3, get just to Nancy's birth but the reliable Cooke volume will get you through the marriage of Nancy Tomson & Caleb F. Leonard. The NEHGS site will fill you in on both Levi's (of Randolph, MA) and grandparents Caleb and Nancy. It is worth looking to see if the Leonard side includes any Mayflower ancestry, as this old Bristol County ironworking family pops up in many Silver Books. Image from A. L. Brandegee, Farmington, Connecticut: the Village of Beautiful Homes (Farmington: Brandegee & Smith, 1906, p. 49, digitized by the University of California Libraries.

Pearce, Mary Gray

Born in Norwich, CT in 1846, Mary's parents were Albert Tompkins Pearce of Little Compton, RI and Sarah Read/Reid Briggs of Assonet, MA. She was a Gen. 9/10 descendant of John Alden, Priscilla Mullins, and William & Alice Mullins. She moved to Assonet and in 1866 married John M. Deane of Freetown, MA. Very active in civic concerns, other photos might be found in the records of the Women's Relief Corps (W.R.C.) (Richard Borden Chapter, state, & national officer 1888+) and the DAR ( Quequechan Chapter). The photo on the left is from A History of the Town of Freetown, Massachusetts, with an Account of the Old Home Festival, July 30th 1902 (Fall River: Franklin, 1902), p. 96, digitized by the Library of Congress. The version on the right is sharp enough to see her earring & the symbol on her choker necklace. From Official Souvenir, G.A.R. - W.R.C., Springfield, Mass. 1895 (Springfield: Homestead, 1895), p. 36, also digitized by the LOC. It pushes back the date of the image by at least 7 years, so she was no older than 39.

PHILLIPS, B.

An 18-year-old factory worker, this Bristol Co., MA bridegroom was an Alden-Mullins, Cooke, Browne, Soule, and Warren. This image belongs to a relative and as such is not in the public domain and not available for download. ​

Phillips, G.

G. Phillips of Bristol County, MA was a descendant of pilgrims John Alden and William & Priscilla Mullins (Gens. 9/10), George Soule (Gen. 9), and Richard Warren (Gen. 11). All of these lines passed through the family of his paternal great-grandmother, a member of the Paine/Payne shipbuilding clan in Freetown, MA. This photo was taken around 1896 and is probably a wedding portrait. He was about 33 years old. Webmaster's photo. This means you may not copy this photo in any way without written permission from me.

Pierce, Charles S.

A distant cousin of Horatio F. Copeland, above, Charles S. Pierce was a Generation 9/10 Alden-Mullins descendant due to his relationship to Daniel Copeland, brother of Horatio's antecedent Elijah. The Alden silver book Part 4 gets beyond Daniel and Elijah, both Generation 5, to son Deacon Cyrus Copeland who married Abigail Dyer of Bridgewater, daughter of Christopher Dyer and Sarah Bassett, a Generation 5 Cooke descendant mentioned in the Cooke silver book. . Charles's mother was Daniel's great-granddaughter. Charles's Alden-Mullins line runs: Elizabeth (Copeland) Pierce, Ward Cotton Copeland, Cyrus, Daniel, Jonathan, Mary (Bass) Copeland, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. See his Cooke writeup for that Gen. 9 lineage. The book spells out Charles' lines but you can confirm Ward C. Copeland and others in between Charles and Part 4 on the NEHGS site. Info and image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 157, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Pitts, Eva

This photo, probably taken between 1884 and 1895, depicts an Eva Pitts wearing a veil, as was customary for well-dressed women of her era. She was the sister of Helen Pitts Douglass, below, therefore also a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant. (The sisters were also Rogers and Warren descendants; see those write-ups for those lines.) All the lines were through their grandfather Gideon Pitts of Dighton, MA and Honeoye, NY. Her Gen 9/10 line runs: Gideon Pitts, Gideon, Abigail (Richmond) Pitts, William Richmond, Elizabeth (Rogers) Richmond, Elizabeth (Pabodie) Rogers, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Photo courtesy National Park Service, Fredrick Douglass National Historic Site, Eva Pitts, FRDO 2714.

Pitts, Helen

Suffragist Helen Pitts Douglass of New York, second wife of abolitionist Frederick Douglass of Maryland, was a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant. See her sister Eva Pitts's writeup (above) for the line. The sisters were also Warren and Rogers descendants and the lineages can be found in those sections. Photo courtesy National Park Service, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, Helen Pitts Douglass, 1884, FRDO 2814.

POOL, OLIVE

The book with this photo has an interesting anecdote about the young Olive of Plymouth County (1768-1850) and how she came to marry the Rev. William Reed of Easton in nearby Bristol County. She was a Gen. 6/7 Alden-Mullins descendant and her birth and marriage are in the Alden silver book Part 5. Her marriage and 9 children are in the Samson book, Part 3. Olive's Mayflower lines are all via her paternal grandmother, with the Alden-Mullins as follows: Ruth (Fullerton) Pool/Poole, Ruth (Samson) Fullerton, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. The image here is said to have been from a daguerrotype made when she was older, and loaned to the author by the family. Daguerrotypes were in use in the 1840s so Olive would have been 70+ when this was made. The book also contains a description of the finery she and her husband wore when married, including his white wig and cocked hat. See the Samson and Standish sections for those lineages. Image and some info from William L. Chaffin, History of the Town of Easton, Massachusetts (Cambridge: University Press, 1886), pp. 264-267, digitized by the Library of Congress.

RANNEY, LUKE

The book from which this image was taken was correct in noting that the subject's mother, Betsey Alden, was a descendant of John Alden & Priscilla Mullins but either did not know or did not mention that she had more than one Alden line. Luke (b. Ashfield, MA 1815) lived in MA, MI, and NY. As a NY state legislator he may have appeared in other photos you can find. Here is his Gen 8-9 straight-line Alden-Mullins descent to his mother: Betsey (Alden) Ranney, John Alden, David, Eleazer, Joseph, Joseph, John & Priscilla. The other line, also Gen 8-9, runs: Betsey (Alden) Ranney, John Alden, Lucy (Thomas) Alden, Mary (Alden) Thomas, John Alden, Joseph, John & Priscilla again. The silver book gets as far as the birth of Luke's grandfather, John Alden of Ashfield and the Ashfield VRs on the NEHGS get you the rest of the way. Image and info from W. W. Clayton, History of Onondaga County, New York (Syracuse: D. Mason, 1878), p. 301, digitized by the Library of Congress.

RICHMOND, JOSHUA BAILEY

Joshua researched and wrote the 676-page history of the Richmond clan and this photo graces the frontispiece. He looks either relieved to be done or proud of having identified three Mayflower lines: Alden, Mullins, and Rogers. Joshua's Gen 9/10 A-M line runs as follows: Isaac Bailey Richmond, Joshua, Joshua, Peleg, Elizabeth (Rogers) Richmond, Elizabeth (Pabodie) Rogers, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. That makes him a third cousin of the Pitts sisters, above. Image from Joshua Bailey Richmond, The Richmond Family 1594-1896 and Pre-American Ancestors 1040-1594 (Boston: author, 1897), frontispiece, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

The Eaton silver book gets as far as the birth of attorney Everett Robinson's maternal grandfather, Joel Eaton in 1751, and by backtracking you learn that Everett was also a Priest and Alden-Mullins descendant. Joel's birth is also in the Alden book, Part 3, and great grandfather Joseph Eaton's birth & marriage are in the Priest silver book. The book with this picture (left) gives only Everett's date (22 Jan 1816) & place of birth (Middleboro, MA) and his father (Josiah Robinson) but the vital records from that period are on the NEHGS and the family was small enough that they were not hard to find. Everett had at least the 2 sisters and 1 brother noted on the same page of VRs as he, so the odds are there are more descendants out there. Everett's Gen 8/9 Alden-Mullins line runs: Caroline/Carolina (Eaton) Robinson, Joel Eaton, Joseph, Thankful (Alden) Eaton, John Alden, Joseph, John & Priscilla of the Mayflower. See his Eaton and Priest write-ups for those lines. Image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 236, digitized by the Library of Congress. Image scanned from a hard copy at the LOC by me for better resolution.

SAMPSON, DEBORAH

Yes, this is the famous MA woman who successfully disguised herself as a male, fought in the Revolutionary War, and was granted a service pension later. Her early biographers were aware of her pilgrim heritage, as she is just Gen 6 in the Alden silver book Part 5, and Gen 5 in the Bradford silver book. Wikipedia runs a version of this image and in the credit line says, "Engraving by George Graham. From a drawing by William Beastall, which was based on a painting by Joseph Stone. Used as the frontispiece of The Female Review: Life of Deborah Sampson, the Female Soldier in the War of Revolution, by Herman Mann." There is a lot published about her and as she gave public speeches later in life there are descriptions of her appearance. The consensus seems to be that it was not extremely difficult for her to pass herself as a male due to her height, reportedly 5'9" and she had a stout build. Deborah was born in Plympton in 1760, married Benjamin Gannett in 1785, and died in Sharon, MA in 1827. She left three Gannett children, so look for descendants by that surname. Beginning with her father, her Alden-Mullins line runs: Jonathan Samson/ Sampson, Jonathan, Lydia (Standish) Samson, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. The volume with this image (left) was downloaded from Internet Archive, digitized and uploaded by the California Digital Libraries. Another version of her image (right) was scanned from a hardcover copy of Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 330, at the Library of Congress. See her Bradford & Standish write-ups for those lines.

​SAMPSON, MARIA LOUISA

Louisa Ricketson, as she was known in adult life, was an Alden-Mullins, Standish, Samson, Chilton, and possible Warren descendant via paternal grandmother Hannah Cooper. Her Gen 9/10 Alden-Mullins line runs: Zabdiel Sampson, Hannah (Cooper) Sampson, Hannah (Sampson) Cooper, Ebenezer Samson, David, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. The Standish silver book gets only as far as the birth of David Samson and the Alden silver book Part 1 extends to the birth and marriage of his son Ebenezer. (See the Mystery/Fun Photos section for the Warren puzzle.) The Henry Samson silver book Part 3 is the one you want, as it gets you all the way to Louisa's parents. Moral of the story: look up your ancestor's full lineage in every Silver Book in which she/he is noted as a descendant. Where one lacks the other may get you over the hump. See Louisa's Samson writeup for more information on her and children Arthur, Walton, Emma Louise, and Anna Ricketson. Image on the left (1833) from Anna & Walton Ricketson, eds., Daniel Ricketson and his Friends: Letters, Poems, Sketches, Etc. (Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1902), p. 360, digitized by the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and on the right (1850) from Anna & Walton Ricketson, eds., Daniel Ricketson: Autobiographic and Miscellaneous (New Bedford: Anthony, 1910), p. 10, digitized by the University of California Libraries.

SAMPSON, MERRITT F.

A 2d cousin twice removed of Uriah, below - long story! See his Standish writeup for the challenges on determining Merritt's lineage and for that line. His Gen 9/10 Alden-Mullins line runs: Chester Sampson, Calvin, Jacob, Jacob, Isaac, Lydia (Standish) Samson/Sampson, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. These Samsons/Sampsons are descendants of pilgrim Henry's brother, so genetically related but not Mayflower descendants on that line. Image and some info, including gaps, from The Leading Citizens of Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Boston: Biographical Review, 1896), pp. 355-6, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.

Sampson, Thomas B.

Generation 7/8 Alden-Mullins descendant Thomas was a War of 1812 US Navy veteran and later a sea captain. He was also son of a mariner and onetime Barbary Coast prisoner, Capt. Chapin Sampson of Boston, himself son of a sea captain, and wife Sarah Smith. His entire sixth-generation Samson lineage is in the Henry Samson Silver Book, which quotes at some length from the county history from which this image comes. Thomas was born in Waldoboro, ME in 1797 and died in or near Gardiner, ME in 1873 so this portrait is presumably of him in his early 70s. The Samson Silver Book reveals that Capt. Chapin Sampson was a descendant of the Alden-Mullins, Standish, and Warren families. These lines are from the marriage of Caleb Samson (son of pilgrim Henry), to Mercy Standish, a granddaughter of John & Priscilla (Mullins) Alden and Myles Standish, and the marriage of Capt. Chapin's father Chapin/Chaffin Samson to Betty Clift, daughter of Judith (Church) Clift, a Warren. The Alden Silver Book takes readers as far as the marriage of Caleb & Mercy's son David to Mary Chaffin and the birth of their last child, Chaffin Samson. Image from Kingsbury & Deyo, Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine (NY: H. W. Blake, 1892), pp. 672, 678, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.

SAMPSON, URIAH

The birth of his Gen. 6 namesake grandfather is noted in the Alden Silver Book, vol. 1 and this Uriah (1806-1880), Middleborough, MA tavern keeper, is a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins. The journal from which this image was taken did not note the family's descent from John Alden, the Mullinses, or from Myles Standish but took care to alert the reader that he was NOT a descendant of pilgrim Henry Samson but of Abraham Samson, a possible brother. So by 1900 even people in Plymouth County were forgetting their ancestry. The marriage of Uriah #1, the birth of his son Elias (who opened the tavern), Elias's marriage and the birth of his children are in the vital records that can be found on the NEHGS site Uriah's lineage runs: Elias Sampson, Uriah, Isaac, Lydia (Standish) Samson, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. (See his Standish writeup for that line.) Image and info from "The Pilgrimage to Plymouth July 11, 1921," in Old Dartmouth Historical Sketches No. 51 (New Bedford: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1921), pp. 28, 30, 33, 34. Image photographed by a volunteer from print version at the Library of Congress.

SAMSON, DEBORAHThe marriage of the parents of Generation 7/8 Alden-Mullins descendant Deborah (Samson) Sprague is noted in the Alden, Standish, and Samson Silver Books but not as a descendant of Pilgrim Henry Samson. She was no relation to him. However, her father, Abner Samson, married a Sarah Samson who WAS, then married secondly Deborah Bisbee, who was NOT. Deborah's Alden line runs: Abner Samson, Nathaniel, Lora (Standish) Samson, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. It is difficult to tell anything about Deborah's hair, height, or build from this engraving but the author noted that she had a sister, Welthea (Samson) Freeman, wife of William Freeman, Esq. of Duxbury, d. 14 April 1847, whom she resembled. If you have an image of Welthea (hopefully without a giant bonnet) that we can publish here with Deborah, please let me know. Image from Richard Soule, Jr., Memorial of the Sprague Family (Boston: James Munroe Co., 1847), p. 22, digitized by the New York Public Library.

SAVERY, JOHN

Father of William, below, John Savery (1759-1853) made the cannonballs used by the USS Constitution in the War of 1812. Cool. (This should qualify female descendants for membership in the National Society U.S. Daughters of 1812.) He married Polly Atwood, daughter of Eli of Middleborough and Lydia Griffith of Carver. Further research there might be useful in finding additional lines for his son. See William's writeup for the Alden-Mullins, Standish, and Soule lineages. Image and some info from A. W. Savary & Lydia A. Savery, A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Savery Families (Savory and Savary) and of the Severy Family (Severit, Savery, Savory, and Savary) (Boston: Collins, 1893), pp. 83-84, digitized by the University of Toronto Library.

​SAVERY, WILLIAM

The Hon. William was the oldest child of John Savery, above. They probably look very much alike if you could remove the beard from William. His Gen 8/9 Alden-Mullins line runs: John Savery, Hannah (Perkins) Savery, Hannah (Sampson) Perkins, Hannah (Soule) Sampson, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. See his Standish and Soule write-ups for those lines. Image and a tiny bit of biographical info from Henry S. Griffith, History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review 1637 to 1910 (New Bedford: Anthony, 1913), pp. 273, 280, digitized by U MA, Amherst. The Alden silver book Part 1 documented the marriage of Hannah (Sampson) Perkins and the Soule pink book included the birth of daughter Sarah, her marriage to Peleg Savery, and the birth of William's father John. The Carver, MA vital records have William's birth in 1815, parents, and wife. You can access those on the NEHGS, a subscription site but worth every penny.

SEABURY, ALEXANDER HAMILTON

New Bedford business magnate A. H. Seabury (1806-1887) was a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins. His great-grandfather, Sion Seabury, was brother of Benjamin, grandfather of brothers Charles P. and Humphrey W., below, making them second cousins once removed. Alexander's line runs: Cornelius, Philip, Sion, Joseph, Martha (Pabodie) Seabury, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. The Alden Silver Book, Part 2, gets as far as the birth in 1740 or 1741 of grandfather Philip Seabury in Little Compton or Tiverton (where he was buried in 1819.) The NEHGS gives a surname for Philip's wife Sarah that the book from which this image comes did not: Price, of Little Compton. It also verifies that Philip & Sarah had a son Cornelius in Tiverton in 1769 who married a Mary Gray there 1794. They had son A. H. there 12 years later. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), pp. 80-82, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Seabury, Charles P.

Brother of Humphrey W. Seabury (below), Charles (1820-1890) was a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant three times. The tripling came about when their grandfather, Benjamin Seabury (Joseph, Martha Pabodie, Elizabeth Alden, John) married Rebecca Southworth, whom the Alden silver book Part 2 describes as his half-first cousin & second cousin. Her parents were Edward Southworth (Rebecca Pabodie, etc.) and Mary Fobes (Martha Pabodie, etc.) Benjamin and Rebecca's son Constant Seabury, b. 1749 in Little Compton, is noted in the Silver Book. Constant married a Susannah Gray and their son, Capt. William Seabury married Rhoda Woodman (after her death he married her sister Sarah). All his children were reportedly with his first wife. Charles became a steamship captain and Humphrey a whaling master. Image & info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 2 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 570, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Seabury, Humphrey W.

Brother of Charles P. Seabury (above), Humphrey (1817-1891) was a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant three times. This was a result of their grandfather, Benjamin Seabury (Joseph, Martha Pabodie, Elizabeth Alden, John) marrying Rebecca Southworth, his half-first cousin & second cousin at the same time. Her parents were Edward Southworth (Rebecca Pabodie, etc.) and Mary Fobes (Martha Pabodie, etc.) Benjamin and Rebecca's son Constant Seabury, b. 1749 in Little Compton, is noted in the Silver Book. Constant reportedly married a Susannah Gray and their son, Capt. William Seabury married Rhoda Woodman. Humphrey became a whaling master and New Bedford city councilman, Charles a steamship captain and customs house employee. Image & info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 2 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 570, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

SHERMAN, CHARLES EDWIN WALLACE

The writeup in this book turns out to be correct and Charles is a Generation 8 Standish via his mother Irene Shaw (Standish) Sherman, daughter of Jonathan Standish who is listed as Generation 6 in the Standish silver book. The book does not note that he was also a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins because his Standish line comes from Myles's son Alexander and his first wife Sarah Alden, a Generation 8 Hopkins descendant via his maternal grandmother Mary (Eddy) Standish, and a Generation 8 Soule via his maternal great-grandmother Rachel (Cobb) Standish. Charles's Alden-Mullins line is Irene Standish, Jonathan, Moses, Moses, Ebenezer, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. See the other Pilgrims' sections for those lines. Info and image from D. Hamilton Hurd, History of Bristol County (Philadelphia: Lewis, 1883), p. 593. Digitized by the Library of Congress.

SHOCKLEY, WILLIAM IRVING

A sea captain and son of sea captain Humphrey Alden Shockley, William was a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins and a Gen. 10 Chilton descendant thanks to paternal grandmother Sarah "Sally" (Alden) Shockley, named in the Alden silver book Part 3 as the daughter of Humphrey Alden (also a sea captain.) The Alden Kindred site was helpful on this one as the NEHGS had many Sarah/Sallys and the former helped me identify Humphrey Alden as her father. (Alden Kindred no longer has its database online.) Her death record confirmed that. William's Alden-Mullins line runs as follows: Humphrey Alden Shockley, Sarah (Alden) Shockley, Humphrey Alden, Austin, Jonathan, Jonathan, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. See his Chilton writeup for that line. Image from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), p. 343, digitized by the Library of Congress.

SMITH, AZARIAH

​A Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins, Azariah was the grandson of a couple whose marriage is in the Alden silver books. Deborah Alden of Stafford, CT married David Smith of Ashfield, MA in 1793. Azariah's parents migrated west with the early Mormon settlers, with the father marrying three times and having many children. The age spread was sufficient for Azariah to have been old enough to be his youngest sister's grandfather. Thus, if you are confused by this family, you probably have the correct Smiths and will need to check in NY, OH, IN, IL, MO, and UT for records that cover 1828 to 1867. Azariah's line runs: Albert Smith, Deborah (Alden) Smith, Barnabas Alden, Daniel, Joseph, Joseph, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins plus her father William, all three Mayflower passengers. Image and some info from History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah (Ogden: Lever, 1898), pp. 162, 184-5, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.

Snell, William Bradford

Apparently no relation to pilgrim William Bradford, William Snell was a Generation 7/8 Alden-Mullins descendant. His line runs: Capt. Elijah Snell, deacon Elijah, Josiah Snell, Jr. Anna (Alden) Snell, Jonathan, John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. (The book from which this image was taken claims that his line was from John & Priscilla's son Zachariah.) William was born in 1821, around or in East Winthrop, ME. The Alden silver book gets as far as the birth of the younger Elijah Snell. William was a state senator in Maine, then the 1870s and '80s, a court judge in Washington, DC. Image from Kingsbury & Deyo, Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine (NY: H. W. Blake, 1892), pp. 332, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.

SOULE, GILBERT

Capt. Gilbert Soule of ME & NH (1820- was a Generation 8 Soule descendant. (See his Soule section description for line of descent.) Via three female ancestors he was also a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins and a Generation 8 Doty (twice). The Soule Pink Books get as far as his father, Capt. David Farnham Soule (#425iii) in Generation 7 and both his wives, and tallies with the data in the book from which this image was taken. That said, you would still have to prove Gilbert's birth as their son. The Doty book gets as far as Gilbert's great-grandmother, Patience (Wormall) Soule, and great-great grandmother Hannah (Delano) Soule. The Alden and Doty books mention the birth of the latter's son John Soule. Gilbert's Alden-Mullins line runs: David Farnham Soule, Samuel, John, Hannah (Delano) Soule, Jonathan Delano, Rebecca (Alden) Delano, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Image and info from History of Coös County, NH (Syracuse: Ferguson, 1888), pp. 559-61. Digitized by the University of New Hampshire Library. There is a description of his appearance in this book, saying that he was 5'11" and his "average weight [was] about 230 pounds." His eye color was "light blue" and his hair "dark brown."

Soule, Lawrence Porter

A Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant, Lawrence (b. Duxbury 1831, d. Cambridge 1910) was a descendant of 6 other Mayflower travelers, including George Soule and Henry Samson (twice) in Generation 7. All of his Pilgrim ancestors were on his father's side. Lawrence was born 1831 in Duxbury to Capt. Stephen (1792-1868) and Lydia (Pierce) Soule (m. Duxbury 1816) and was the grandson of William (d. 1820 Duxbury) and Priscilla (Sampson) Soule (c 1761-1844, d. Duxbury). His Alden-Mullins line runs: Stephen Soule, Priscilla (Sampson) Soule, Ruth (Bradford) Samson, Abigail (Bartlett) Bradford, Ruth (Pabodie) Bartlett, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Other Mayflower ancestors include Bradford (Gen 8) and Brewster, Rogers, and Warren (Gen 9). All of these lineages are detailed, albeit confusingly, in the following book and the NEHGR site is very helpful with the vital records. Remember, you would need to document every link to join a lineage society such as Soule Kindred in America, Alden Kindred, Colonial Dames of the XVII Century, or the GSMD. Image and info from Charles Edwin Hurd, The New England Library of Genealogy and Personal History (Boston: New England Historical Publishing Co., 1902), pp. 666-668, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

SOULE, Oakes Sampson

Housewright & lumber merchant Oakes S. Soule (1809-1890) was a Generation 7/8 Alden-Mullins and Generation 7 Standish, as follows, starting with his father: Aaron Soule, Benjamin, Benjamin, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John & Priscilla of the Mayflower. (Sarah Alden's husband was Alexander Standish, son of Myles of the Mayflower.) He was also a Gen 7 descendent of pilgrim George Soule. His father Aaron (b. Plympton 1769) is in the Soule Pink Book, Pt. 1 in family #336. I am sure Soule Kindred of America would love to hear from you if you believe you are a descendant. He should not be difficult to document since he stayed in the area and is not many generations removed. Despite his middle name, I find no evidence that Oakes was a descendent of pilgrim Henry Samson via his mother Ruth Samson of Plympton, daughter of Capt. Thomas Samson & Ruth Bryant. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 2 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 1089, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Soule, Thomas Howard, Jr.

Brother of Rufus Albertson Soule, above, Thomas Howard Soule, Jr. (b. 1844 New Bedford) was in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War. He was a Generation 9/10 Alden-Mullins as well as a Generation 8 Soule descendant. See Rufus's writeup for the lineage. Groups like Soule Kindred in America may take Silver Books as evidence through the birth of Constant Southworth Soule and since this branch of the family remained in SE MA, vital records are likely quite easy to find and download on the NEHGS site. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 453, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

SOULE, WILLIAM

Dr. William Soule formerly graced the "Mystery/Fun Photos" page. Eventually with the help of the NEHGR and some guesswork I figured out his Gen. 7 link and in the process learned he had 2 Alden-Mullins lines, 2 Standish lines, and Allerton, Cooke & Hopkins lines as well. One Gen 8/9 Alden-Mullins line runs: Ivory Soule, Zerviah (Cushman) Soule, Sarah (Ring) Cushman, Zerviah (Standish) Ring, Ebenezer Standish, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. The Gen 7/8 line is: Ivory Soule, Beza, Ebenezer, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John & Priscilla of the Mayflower. Thus William's grandparents were 2d cousins, once removed. The Alden silver book Part 1 contains the entire listing on these lines. It leaves off with the marriage of Gen 5 Sarah Ring to Isaiah Cushman on pg 427, with no reference to him being the father of the "Zeruiah" Cushman marrying Beza Soule on page 420. More generations may be added in the future as the Silver Book series expands to generations 6 & 7. See William's Soule writeup for more details on solving this mystery. Image credit: Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, CT (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), pp. 52-53, digitized by the Brigham Young University Libraries.

SOUTHGATE, GEORGE A.

The book from which this image was taken gives a rather confusing account of Dr. Southgate's relationship to John Alden and there are other ancestors named Fuller and Warren, none of whom appear to be descendants of Mayflower passengers of the same name. The Alden silver books get as far as the birth of Gen. 6 Elizabeth Wheeler, mentioning that her parents had a son-in-law named Elijah Warren. Vital records on the NEHGS unearthed George's actual Gen 9/10 line: Charlotte W. (Fuller) Southgate, Charlotte (Warren) Fuller, Elizabeth (Wheeler) Warren, Mary Belcher (Henshaw) Wheeler, Elizabeth (Bass) Henshaw, Joseph Bass, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Image & info from D. Hamilton Hurd, History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of its Pioneers and Prominent Men (Philadelphia: Lewis, 1884), p. 109, digitized by the Library of Congress.

SPOONER, NATHANIEL SPRAGUE

The Hon. Nathaniel, a judge like his grandfather Walter Spooner, was a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins, and the Alden Silver Book extends as far as the marriage of Judge Walter to Alathea Sprague (b. 1725/6). Published Dartmouth vital records list his wife as "Elatheell Sprage" of Rochester, intention published 2 Dec. 1748. Alathea was born in Rochester and the excerpt from Noah Sprague's will published in the Silver Book refers to a daughter "Alathea Spooner." Although a search on the NEHGS shows no Alathea Sprague or Spooner, there is also no other person named "Elatheel," so I am giving the author the benefit of the doubt and assuming that he knew his own neighbors and his neighbors knew their own grandparents. Nathaniel's Alden-Mullins line thus runs as follows: Seth Spooner, Alathea (Sprague) Spooner, Noah Sprague, Ruth (Alden) Sprague, David Alden, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Nathaniel was the first cousin once removed of Capt. Walter Spooner, below. A better picture would be appreciated! Image and some info from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), pp. 346-7, 349, digitized by the Library of Congress.

SPOONER, [Capt.] WALTER

A great-grandson of the above Nathaniel Sprague Spooner's grandfather, Judge Walter Spooner, Capt. Walter (1814-87) would be a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins. His line runs: Rounseville Spooner, Alden Spooner, Alathea (Sprague) Spooner, Noah Sprague, Ruth (Alden) Sprague, David Alden, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. See Nathaniel Sprague Spooner's writeup for the "issues" with this lineage. Image and some info from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), p. 350, digitized by the Library of Congress.

SPRAGUE, CHANDLER

Via his maternal line, last manufacturer Chandler Sprague was a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins. (He is listed as "last manufacturer" everywhere and the word here refers to a shoe part.) I owe this find to Alden Kindred, because it was difficult to find which Lydia Thayer Chandler's father had married. It did not help that the father's name was listed as "Eliphaz," "Eliphel," and "Alpheus" (on the death certificate, the place least likely to be accurate.) The Alden silver books get as far as Ruth (Capen) Thayer. Chandler's line runs as follows: Lydia Brackett (Thayer) Sprague, Levi Thayer, Ruth (Capen) Thayer, Ruth (Thayer) Capen, Sarah (Bass) Thayer, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. Image and father's name and birthplace from Bradford Kingman, History of North Bridgewater (Boston: author, 1866), p. 663, digitized by the University of California Libraries.

STAPLES, SUSANNAH

Outside of being a Mayflower descendant on three lines (Alden, Mullins, and Standish), Susannah's claim to fame was being the daughter-in-law of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Roger Sherman. This marriage is noted in the Alden silver book, part 5. Her birth (only) in 1779, probably in Canterbury, CT, is recorded in the Standish silver book. Susannah's Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins line would run: John Staples, Hannah (Standish) Staples, Ebenezer Standish, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. See her Standish entry for that line. If you can find a paper copy of this book, a sharper scan of this image would be appreciated. Image and info from Thomas Townsend Sherman, Sherman Genealogy, including Familes of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, England, some Descendants of the Immigrants Captain John Sherman, Reverend John Sherman, Edmund Sherman, and Samuel Sherman, and the Descendants of Honorable Roger Sherman and Honorable Charles R. Sherman (NY: Tobias A. Wright, 1920), 232, 246, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

STEARNS, JOSIAH HOWE

Not to be confused with his father Josiah Stearns, also a minister, this Josiah is a Generation 7/8 Alden-Mullins through his mother, Abigail Richards Howe, second wife of the first Josiah. Their marriage is documented in the Alden silver book Part 4, and the Mayflower line goes up via the Thayers. The complete lineage is: Abigail Richards (Howe) Stearns, Joana (Richards) Howe, Abigail (Thayer) Richards, Sarah (Bass) Thayer, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Image and some info from D. Hamilton Hurd, comp., History of Rockingham & Strafford Counties, New Hampshire (Philadelphia: J W Lewis, 1882), pp. 228, 230, digitized by the University of New Hampshire Library.

STODDARD, COLBY

His father's name was Charles Bartlett Stoddard, which should give you a clue, and signals that the family "knew who they were." They don't all; it pays to dig around a bit because sometimes after 250 years or so have passed people forget their less-well-known pilgrim ancestor or remember the wrong pilgrim, or sometimes invent a pilgrim and claim a relationship. In the case of Colby (b 1877), he forgot an Alden-Mullins, a Cooke, a Doty, and a Brewster. Colby's Gen 10/11 Alden-Mullins line runs: Charles Bartlett Stoddard, Betsy (Bartlett) Stoddard, Daniel Bartlett, Betty (Bartlett) Bartlett, Silvanus Bartlett, Elizabeth (Bartlett) Bartlett, Hannah (Pabodie) Bartlett, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. The silver books end with the birth of Daniel, but with no date, so you'll need a better link between the two to join the GSMD, but it was in there that the family moved to Vermont and the trail picks up again. Image & info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1904), pp. 157-8, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.

Taber, Amy

Born in 1773, Amy Taber had memories of Washington's troops in her neighborhood. Her marriage to Benjamin Shove in Oblong, NY united two transplanted Bristol County, MA Quaker families and inspired her grandson's book. Amy was a Generation 7/8 Alden-Mullins descendant and Generation 7 from Thomas Rogers. These three lines she could credit to her mother, Anna Theresa (Pearce/Pierce) Taber/Tabour. Her Cooke, White, and Warrens line she can credit to her father, Thomas Taber, if the book from which this info was taken has identified the correct Thomas. Anna Theresa ("Antrace"), her husband, and parents can be found in the Rogers Silver Book, parents alone in the Alden silver book Part 2, her father in the Cooke & White books. Her Alden-Mullins line runs: Anna Theresa "Antrace/Anstres/Annatrace/Ansithris" (Pearce/Pierce) Taber/Tabour, Deborah (Searle) Pearce/Pierce, Sarah (Rogers) Searle, Elizabeth (Pabodie) Rogers, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. See Amy's other write-ups for those lines. Image from Benjamin Shove, Thomas Taber and Edward Shove – A Reminiscence (Quaker Hill, NY: Quaker Hill Conference Association, 1903), frontispiece, digitized by the Library of Congress. A scan of the original of this image would be appreciated.

Taber, Stephen

A great-nephew of Amy Taber, above, Stephen served as U.S. Representative from New York during the Civil War years, when this photo was taken. He was a grandson of her brother William, a judge, and son of Thomas II, who also served in the U.S. Congress. (A photo would be appreciated.) Like his great aunt he is an Alden-Mullins, Cooke, White, Warren and Rogers descendant (Generations 8 &/or 9 on all). If you are researching this family, remember that it was due to his grandfather William's second marriage to Hannah White, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Cadman) White, that Amy and Stephen are also descendants of Francis Cooke, Richard Warren, and pilgrim William White. Grandfather William's first marriage was to a Soule. ARC Image 526607, RG111, Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer 1860-1985, National Archives and Records Administration.

THAYER, ABIGAIL

According to the author of the book from which this photo was taken, Abigail received a golden spoon from the Daughters of the American Revolution in honor of the military service of her father, Eliphaz Thayer of Braintree. Abigail was what the DAR calls a "Real Daughter," meaning that she was the daughter of a patriot AND a member of the DAR. She was #29545, which you can see in her entry on the GRS database. (The DAR sells Record Copies of members' entire application if you ever want to see what evidence someone used for a genealogical relationship.) Abigail's Mayflower line runs through her mother, though, as follows: Deliverance (Thayer) Thayer, James Thayer, Sarah (Bass) Thayer, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John & Priscilla of the Mayflower. The Alden silver book Part 4 will get you as far as the birth of Abigail in 1805 to Deliverance & Eliphaz. The book notes that she died in 1904 at age 99, unmarried.This image came from Augustus Ephraim Alden, Pilgrim Alden (Boston: James H. Earle, 1902), p. 189, scanned by me.

THAYER, DAVID

Nephew of Abigail Thayer, above, Dr. David Thayer was a double Gen 7/8 (via each parent) and a Gen 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant. One Gen 7/8 line is the line he shares with Aunt Abigail via his mother, also named Deliverance (Thayer) Thayer, which goes on to Abigail's Deliverance (Thayer) Thayer, etc. David's Gen 7/8 paternal line runs: Nathaniel Emons Thayer, Esther (French) Thayer, Esther (Thayer) French, Sarah (Bass) Thayer, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden, Priscilla Mullins and her father William. His Gen 8/9 line, also maternal, is: Deliverance (Thayer) Thayer, Deliverance (Thayer) Thayer, Deborah (Arnold) Thayer, Sarah (Webb) Arnold, Mary (Bass) Webb, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John & Priscilla plus William, all of the Mayflower. The Alden silver books get as far as the birth & marriage of David's parents. The book with this image goes into some detail about David's career as a homeopathic physician and I think if you look through medical journals and newspaper accounts of the time you could get more biographical data and possibly another photograph or two. Image and info from D. Hamilton Hurd, History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of its Pioneers and Prominent Men (Philadelphia: Lewis, 1884), pp. 136-9.

Thayer, Eli

Here is another example of a genealogical red herring. Eli Thayer's father turned out to have been Cushman Thayer. Certainly there would be an Allerton lurking in his genes, right? Wrong. Cushman was named for an older child, by a different mother who had died young. When his father Benjamin Thayer married 2nd wife Ruth Alden (misleadingly referred to as "Mrs. Ruth Alden" in the vital records) she must have agreed to name their first boy "Cushman" again, even though the name honored the previous wife's mother's family. Just to make things more fun, the birth of that first wife is in the Allerton silver book as Gen 6, but it did not mention a married name anywhere. It did help that the Allerton book noted the family had moved from Middleboro to Bellingham, MA, which increased the odds that the daughter (Sarah) could have met a man from Mendon. So, this Cushman was no Cushman at all. (Furthermore, he was immortalized as "Chusman" in the VRs.) Cushman Thayer's birth is in the Alden silver book Part 3. A U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts b. 1819 in Mendon, Eli's line runs: Cushman Thayer, Ruth (Alden) Thayer, Noah Alden, John, Joseph, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. The Alden book Part 1 describes great-grandfather Rev. Noah Alden as "rather below the middle stature, and in early life spare, but in his later years he became corpulent." Library of Congress photo, LC-DIG-ppmsca-26569.

Thompson, Albert Cranston

Albert Cranston Thompson (b. 1843 Brockton), who went by A. Cranston Thompson, had the blood of 7 Pilgrim ancestors, so a family resemblance to anyone on this web site is unlikely. From his grandmother, Salvina Wood, daughter of Salvina Soule and Capt. Timothy Wood, he was a Generation 9/10 Alden-Mullins and a Generation 9 Soule & Standish descendant. He was a Generation 8 Cooke twice. His Cooke (Gen 8), Hopkins (Gen 9), and Priest (Gen 10) lineage plus one Soule line were via both his paternal great-grandparents, Adam Tomson (senior) and Molly Tomson, only distantly related. Both were Generation 5 Cooke descendants and appear in the Cooke Silver Book, with son Adam (A. Cranston.'s grandfather.) A. Cranston's mother was a Warren from Vermont, and research there may turn up additional Mayflower ancestry. His Alden-Mullins line runs: Albert Thompson, Salvina (Wood) Thompson, Salvina (Soule) Wood, Benjamin Soule, Benjamin, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 169, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

THOMPSON, ELROY SHERMAN

Elroy is a Generation 10/11 Alden-Mullins on his father's side. The best silver book for this line is the Cooke book. It will get you as far as Elroy's great grandfather, Zebadiah Thompson, the third of that name. (The spellings of both names are variable.) Zebadiah's grandfather, the first of that name (1728-77), married Zerviah Standish (1728-69.) Her father Moses Standish was an Alden as the son of Ebenezer Standish, the son of Gen 2 Sarah (Alden) Standish. The Alden book will get you only as far as Zebediah #1. The Silver Book with Sarah Alden's descendants is due out from the GSMD in Fall 2016, so that will add a Zebadiah. Elroy is a Soule on his mother's side (unknown generation), Gen 9 Cooke and Gen 10 Hopkins, Soule, and Standish. Elroy's Alden-Mullins line runs: John T. Thompson, John T. Z. Thomson, Zebadiah, Zebadiah Tomson, Zerviah (Standish) Tomson, Moses Standish, Ebenezer, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. For more details, see his Cooke writeup. Image from Brockton Board of Trade, Brockton, a City of Enterprise (Brockton: Hollinger, 1911), p. 20. Digitized by the Library of Congress.

TILSON, HUGH COLE, WILLIAM H., AND THOMAS J.

These three brothers were born in Washington Co, VA and settled in TX. There are not a lot of migration paths from Plymouth, MA to Texas. Shown left to right, the oldest brother Hugh (b. 1834), William (b. 1837), and Thomas (b. 1847) settled in different parts of Texas and were apparently still living when their distant cousin Mercer Tilson (below) wrote his book. The birth of Alden-Mullins Gen. 6 William Tilson in MA is in the silver book and he reportedly moved from Plymouth Co to "western VA" in the 1760s. Fortunately for Texans trying to prove their Mayflower heritage, quite a few women have claimed membership in the DAR as descendants of William "Tillson" - including some descendants of son Thomas, and you are now able to buy the supporting documents for $10 online at the DAR site. The brothers's Gen 9/10 Alden-Mullins line should run: David Tilson, Thomas, William, Jennet/Janet (Murdock) Tilson, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock/Murdoch, Ruth (Pabodie) Bartlett, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins (and William Mullins) of the Mayflower. Like Mercer, they are also Warrens and Brewsters. See those sections for the lineage. Image and info from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), pp. 147-8, 173, 196-9, digitized by the New York Public Library.

TILSON, MERCER V.

Author of the book from which this image was taken, he is a nephew of Ruth A. Bosworth, above, and a Gen 9/10 Alden-Mullins. His line runs: Elisha W. Tilson, Joseph, John, Jennet/Janet (Murdock) Tilson, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock/Murdoch, Ruth (Pabodie) Bartlett, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins (plus her father William Mullins) of the Mayflower. He reminisces about his childhood in this book. His mother is worth a look as a Mayflower descendant also, and if you find a line, there is a picture of her in the book as well. He has her blue eyes. See the Warren and Brewster sections for his descent from those pilgrims. Image and info from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), p. 259, digitized by the New York Public Library.

​TILSON, MYRON W.

Brother of Mercer, above, he was also a nephew of Ruth A. Bosworth, above, and a Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins. His line would run identical to Mercer's and he left no descendants. Myron was a mariner and then joined the U.S. Navy to serve during the Civil War. He was ultimately captured and his treatment as a prisoner was reportedly what led to his untimely death of heart disease in 1870. At that time he was living in Galveston. Myron is listened on the Brewster and Warren pages as well. Image and info from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), p. 262-5, digitized by the New York Public Library.

Tinkham, H[osea] Elbridge

Ensign H. Elbridge Tinkham, USN (1833-1894), was a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant, Gen. 9 Priest, Soule, Standish, and Brown, and Generation 8 from Francis Eaton. He was born in Middleboro and this photo likely dates from his Civil War service (1861-67). He was a shoemaker. Pilgrim Peter Brown's daughter married the first Tinkham in the area, Ephraim of Plymouth County, so look for anyone of that surname in the Brown Silver Book. Elbridge's other Pilgrim ancestry is via Seth 5 Tinkham's marriage to Eunice 5 Soule, daughter of Zachariah and Mary (Eaton) Soule. Elbridge's Alden-Mullins line runs: Harvey Tinkham, Hazael, Eunice (Soule) Tinkham, Zachariah Soule, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Sarah (Alden) Standish, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Image from A History of the Town of Freetown, Massachusetts, with an Account of the Old Home Festival, July 30th 1902 (Fall River: Franklin, 1902), p. 110, digitized by the Library of Congress.

TOBEY, EDWARD SILAS

A Generation 7/8 Alden-Mullins descendant on his mother's side, Edward (1813-1891) was also a Generation 7 descendant of Dr. Samuel Fuller. His Alden-Mullins line runs: Betsey (Fuller) Tobey, Lucy (Loring) Fuller, Anna (Alden) Loring, John Alden, Jonathan, John and Priscilla of the Mayflower. The birth of Betsey in Kingston, MA 1789 and marriage to Silas Tobey are noted in both Silver Books. Cambridge, MA recorded Edward's birth, possibly because he and his wife, Hannah Brown Sprague, resided there. Their birth records give no parents. (Hannah was supposedly an Alden, Mullins, and Standish descendant, so a photo of her would be welcome.) Edward's branch of the Tobey family was from Berkley, in Bristol County, and you really have to hunt for Berkley records. His Brookline, MA death record confirms the details found in this book (i.e. b. Kingston, MA to Silas Tobey of Berkley and Betsey Fuller of Kingston) and given the amazing list of business and civic positions he held and apparently discharged with honor, his origins were hardly hidden or unknown. Image and info from Rufus Babcock Tobey, Tobey (Tobie, Toby) Genealogy: Thomas, of Sandwich, and James, of Kittery, and Their Descendants (Boston: Pope, 1905), pp. 132-33, 182-83, digitized by the New York Public Library.

TOLMAN, MARCUS ALDEN

The Rev. Tolman was a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins via his mother, the line being Sarah Alden, Nathan, Nathan, Ebenezer, Isaac, Joseph, John & Priscilla of the Mayflower. The book from which this image was taken gave his profession (clergyman) and residence (PA) and he did turn up as advertised in the 1870 & 1880 censuses, and those gave his birthplace as MA, approximately 1833. The Alden Kindred website listed him in their 8-generation genealogy, confirming that he was the son of James Penniman Tolman. Ironically, James died of "religious insanity - millenialism" when Marcus was a boy. It is worth checking the Tolman line for additional Mayflower ancestors. (See Samuel Tolman, below.) There is more than one Thomas Tolman (James's father) and some of them married more than once and some emigrated so be sure you get the right one. This image comes from Augustus Ephraim Alden, Pilgrim Alden (Boston: James H. Earle, 1902), p. 189, scanned by me. Additional data from the NEHGS databases.

TOLMAN, SAMUEL

A Gen. 6/7 Alden-Mullins descendant, Samuel the Scituate, MA shipbuilder (1785-1873) would be related to Marcus Alden Tolman, above, but he is more closely related to the families described in the book from which this image was taken (Briggs, Cushing, Otis, Copeland, Thomas, Eells, Barstow, and Ford.) Some of his cousins and in-laws married into the Doty, Warren, and Chilton families. Samuel's line runs as follows: Rebecca (Copeland) Tolman, Joseph Copeland, Mary (Bass) Copeland, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. Samuel is himself listed in the Alden Silver Book, vol. 4. Image from L. Vernon Briggs, History of Shipbuilding on North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, with Genealogies of the Shipbuilders, and Accounts of the Industries Upon its Tributaries, 1640 to 1872 (Boston: Coburn, 1889), p. 233, digitized by the Library of Congress.

TRACY, STEPHEN ALDEN

The Alden Silver Book gets as far as the birth of Stephen's maternal grandparents, the Daniel Alden b 1753 in Stafford CT and the Sarah Alden b. 1761 in the same town. Daniel and Sarah are also on the DAR's GRS database plus you can find them with the appropriate parents in the CT & NH vital records on the NEHGS site. Daniel's grandfather (Daniel) and Sarah's grandfather (Ezra) were first cousins, making Stephen Tracy a double Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant. Daniel & Sarah's daughter Sarah was the 3rd wife of Stephen Tracy of Cornish, NH. That 1830 marriage and the birth of son Stephen A. Tracy in 1833 is not on the NEHGS but there may be paper records in a NH archive. Also, the writeup about Stephen's parents can be misleading because Vol. 2 is all family lineages and there is a writeup about a different Daniel Alden. The Tracy writeup, however, says that Sarah's father was Daniel "of Lebanon." Her birth family is not in either volume of this book on Cornish. Here are Stephen's 2 Alden lines: Sarah (Alden) Tracy, Sarah (Alden) Alden, Ezra Alden, Eleazer, Joseph, Joseph, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins and Sarah (Alden) Tracy, Daniel Alden, Daniel, Daniel, Joseph, Joseph, John & Priscilla. Image and info from Wm. H. Child,History of the Town of Cornish, New Hampshire, with Genealogical Record 1763-1910, vol. 2(Concord, NH: Rumford, ca 1911), p. 376, digitized by the University of New Hampshire Libraries.

VINTON, JOHN ADAMS

Proud of his blood relationship to the presidential family, John Adams Vinton wrote the book from which this image was taken. He was a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins. The marriage of his grandparents, line-carrier Anne Adams and Josiah Vinton of Braintree is in the Alden Silver Book, part 4. The marriage of the author's parents and records of his 1803 baptism at the Old South Church in Boston, naming both of them, are on the NEHGS site. "Josiah, Jr." was baptized the same year, "an adult." A faded Boston death ledger from 1857 shows Josiah the merchant, age 80, to have been the son of Josiah and "Anna" of Braintree. Thus John Adams Vinton's line runs: Josiah Vinton, Jr., Anne (Adams) Vinton, Boylston Adams, Ebenezer Adams, Hannah (Bass) Adams, Ruth (Alden) Bass, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. Image and info from John Adams Vinton, The Vinton Memorial, Comprising Genealogy of the Descendants of John Vinton of Lynn, 1648 (Boston: Whipple, 1858), pp. 82, 149-50, 251, and frontispiece, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

WALBRIDGE, CYRUS PACKARD and MERRELL PACKARD

This Gen 9/10 Alden-Mullins descendant became mayor of St. Louis, MO 1893-1897 and there are better photos of him online, including this one on findagrave. Cyrus was born in Madrid, NY in 1849 and the photos were likely taken during his administration, around age 45. The findagrave photo is the same as that on on a now-defunct St. Louis Public Library web site about past mayors. Gen 10/11 son Merrell Packard Walbridge (b. 1884) would be about age 10. He lived to marry but his gravestone photo (in Maine) gives no year of death for him or his wife. Mrs. Walbridge (Lucy Merrell) is not known to have any Mayflower ancestry. Here is the presumed line, beginning with Cyrus's mother: Althea Maria (Packard) Walbridge, Abisha Packard, Abisha, Eleazer, Mercy (Alden) Packard, Isaac Alden, Joseph, John and Priscilla. I say "presumed" because Part 3 of the Alden silver books, is not convinced Eleazer wound up in VT, and thinks it could be son Eliezer b. 1756 who went there -- or to Canada. Findagrave says otherwise, but to claim descent you will have to work out the details. The line might actually be Alethea, Abisha, Eliezer, Eleazer, etc. One clue would be finding out who Cyrus was. My money is on a brother of Alethea or the younger Abisha; someone who did not live long. Check out the pension record of Abisha on fold3.com for starters Also, the younger Abisha's mother was an Esther Fuller; check for a Fuller line. Image and info from William Gedney Wallbridge, Descendants of Henry Wallbridge who married Anna Amos December 25th, 1688, at Preston, Conn. with Some Notes on the Allied Families of Brush, Fassett, Dewey, Fobes, Gager, Lehman, Meech, Safford, Scott (Philadelphia: Franklin Printing, 1898), pp. 208, 255-6, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

WARREN, WINSLOW

Lawyer Winslow Warren (b 1838, Plymouth) had 9 multiple Mayflower lines via both parents: Alden-Mullins, Brewster, Doty (twice), Howland-Tilley, Warren (6 times), White, and Winslow (twice). (See the other sections for those lines.) His Gen 8/9 Alden-Mullins line runs: Margaret (Bartlett) Warren, Zacheus Bartlett, Zacheus, Elizabeth (Bartlett) Bartlett, Hannah (Pabodie) Bartlett, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden, Priscilla Mullins and her father William. A combination of the relevant silver books will get you to this Winslow Warren's grandparents, then vital records on the NEHGS get you the rest of the way. Image and info from Conrad Reno, Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century, with a History of the Judicial System of New England, Vol. I (Boston: Century Memorial, 1900), p. 169, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

WATKINS, WILLIAMThe Alden Silver Book gets as far as Gen 6, Abigail Seabury, b. 1749 in Little Compton, RI. She married English immigrant William Watkins and the William in this picture, their grandson, was a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins. His line runs: Thomas Watkins, Abigail (Seabury) Watkins, Samuel Seabury, Joseph, Martha (Pabodie) Seabury, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 285, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Weeks, Elizabeth Keith

Elizabeth (Weeks) Burnham (1810-1885) was a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant via her father's (Rev. Holland Weeks, Jr.) mother, Hannah Mosely. The marriage of Hannah's parents, Deacon Nathaniel Mosely and Sarah Capen appears in the Alden Silver Book. The relationship continues up Sarah's line, to Ruth Thayer. The Weekses lived in Connecticut, where Elizabeth was born, but she died in Chicago. Her eldest son, Edwin Ruthven Burnham married a woman in Quincy, IL in 1871, so descendants of Elizabeth might try the 1880 FC-IL. Her father and son-in-law Rev. John Goddard were both Swedenborgian ministers, and perhaps a Swedenborg archive would have further record of this family. Image and info from Robert D. Weeks, Genealogy of the Family of George Weekes of Dorchester, Mass., 1635-1650 (Newark, NJ: L. J. Hardham, 1885), p. 159. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.

WHITE, CLARENCE E.

Clarence was a Gen. 9/10 on his paternal grandmother's side. She was originally Abigail Leonard Alden, then married Benjamin White. Abigail's parents, per the Middleborough, MA vital records on the NEHGS database were Rufus Alden and Sarah Shaw, and Rufus was the son of David Alden, Jr. and his birth is in the Alden silver book, Parts 1 & 3. Rufus was named for a brother of David, Jr., who lived long enough to marry but died before having any children. Vol. 3 points out that Rufus's mother, Rhoda Leach, was a Gen. 7 Cooke descendant. See Clarence's Cooke writeup for that lineage. Clarence's Alden-Mullins line runs: Silas White, Abigail Leonard (Alden) White, Rufus Alden, David, Jr. David, John, Joseph, John and Priscilla of the Mayflower. Image and some info from Thomas White, et al., Ancestral Chronological Record of the William White Family From 1607-8 to 1895 (Concord: Republican Press Association, 1895), p. 147, digitized by BYU Library. A note about this book: Do not get too excited by what you read about the Whites as William White descendants. The majority of the lineage info in this book, particularly the center section about Thomas White, is not accepted by the current edition of the William White Silver Book (2006.)

Whitman, William Elbridge

William, a shoe manufacturer and occasional farmer, spent his entire life (1834-1902) in the Bridgewater area. A Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins, he was the son of Deacon Nathan Whitman, Jr. and Semanthe Keith, who married there in 1825. His paternal grandparents were Nathan Whitman and Mercy Byram. That Nathan is likely to be the Alden Silver Book, Part 3, Generation 6/7 descendant born in 1766 in Bridgewater to Nathan Whitman (whose mother was Jemima Alden) and Betty Allen. Betty, the sister of Nathan's stepmother's first husband, was a Generation 5 Eaton descendant via her mother, Rebecca (Eaton) Rickard. Thus William E. Whitman was also a Generation 8 descendant of pilgrim Francis Eaton. The Eaton Silver Book traces the line as far as Generation 5. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 222, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

WHITTLESEY, GEORGE DICKINSON

George was a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant. Part 2 of the Alden silver books has a lineage that intersects with his Whittleseys at his grandfather John, whose birth and death are noted in Part 2. The book from which this photo comes describes the Whittlesey line, which I did not verify and which varies in at least two points from the Alden books (including the addition of an extra Hezekiah.) However, it is reasonable that George knew the names of his father and mother and his father's parents and his family lived in the same Connecticut town for five generations. (George and his wife left no children, so the line died in 1895.) The Alden-Mullins link to George should be: his father John Elihu Whittlesey, then John, then Hezekiah + Lydia (Lay) Waterous (as his second wife), then Mary (Grinnell) Lay, Lydia (Pabodie) Grinnell, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, daughter of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. Image & some info from Genealogical & Biographical Record of New London (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1905), p. 252, digitized by BYU.

WINSLOW, GEORGE HENRY

The citation quoted in Digital Commonwealth says that he was a direct descendant of pilgrim Edward Winslow, but alas, that is not true. He is a direct descendant of one of Edward's brother Kenelm, though, as follows (beginning with his father): George E. Winslow, George R., Ezra, Hezekiah, Richard, Job, Kenelm. George H. (1863-1946) of Ware, MA was a Cooke, Alden-Mullins, Warren, and Soule descendant, though to make up for not being a descendant of Edward. The mistake might have been an honest one, as his Massachusetts ancestors had the same political views as Edward's descendants during the American Revolution but did not leave for Canada. However, the "R." in "George R." is apparently for "Rex" (king), so named by his Loyalist father. George's Gen 8/9 Alden-Mullins line runs: George E. Winslow, George R., Rosamond (Spooner) Winslow, Rebecca (Paddock) Spooner, Alice (Alden) Paddock, David Alden, John & Priscilla of the Mayflower. See the other writeup for those lineages. Image (ca 1890-1910) courtesy of Springfield College, Babson Library, Archives and Special Collections, published on Digital Commonwealth.

WINTON, THEODORA E.

Like the Tilsons, above, Theodora is an Alden-Mullins, Brewster and Warren descendant if the book from which this image was taken is accurate. Her Gen 10/11 Alden-Mullins line should run: Emily A. (Tilson) Winton, Stephen Tilson, Cephas, Stephen Tilson, Jennet/Janet (Murdock) Tilson, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock/Murdoch, Ruth (Pabodie) Bartlett, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden & Priscilla Mullins (plus her father William Mullins) of the Mayflower. See her Brewster writeup for the challenges to proving this line and see the Warren section for that lineage. Image and info from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), pp. 285-88, digitized by the New York Public Library.